gcc is telling me there is no such file as stdio.h

[zanza]

i installed slackware and did it all correctly. im pretty much going for text only without the distraction of the net or games to finish my study of C, so i installed slak 8.1 on my secondary machine. it boots and logs in all fine (even gives me a fortune, w00t) but when i go to compile the standard test of a hello world program, gcc tells me that stdio.h doesnt exist. i had this problem a few months back, but i dont think i ever fixed it. and i havent had the problem with every install from this cd or this drive either.

so, any help? žÅNžÅ

 

[danielhozac]

Did you remember to install the system headers packages (not sure what Slackware calls it)? //Daniel

 

[zanza]

no, i dont think i did... i just searched the whole filesystem for stdio.h and nothing came up... *feels about as stupid as one can*

does anyone know what that package is called? žÅNžÅ

 

[zanza]

well, it turns out i did... glibc_solib.tgz but im still getting the error žÅNžÅ

 

[flugh]

I've not used Slackware in many years, but I did find this link. Looks like it should be in the glibc.tgz package:

http://www.slackware.com/packages/index.php?version=current&cpu=i386&series=d

I didn't find a seperate '-devel' or '-dev' package. I'm not familiar at all with Slack's package tree or naming scheme --
JR

 

[zanza]

ok, well apparently slackware 8.1 and up dont use that package. a knowledgable friend of mine suggested that the header files might be included in the gcc base package. *smacks forehead* žÅNžÅ