Unable to compile simple c program in Linux Mint 15

Question

I am a Linux Mint 15 User.
i wanted to write simple program in C.
Below is my code.(hw.c)

#include
#include
int main(         


        

Answer 1

FWIW, Mint 17 just needs build-essential to compile C programs:

# apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.8 libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libstdc++-4.8-dev
Suggested packages:
  debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-doc libstdc++6-4.8-dbg
  glibc-doc libstdc++-4.8-doc
Recommended packages:
  libalgorithm-merge-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  build-essential dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.8 libc-dev-bin libc6-dev
  libstdc++-4.8-dev
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

Answer 2

This problem may come when you are trying from wrong directory...

I suggest you to check for directory.
Update the OS by: sudo apt-get update.
The final option is to remove the exixting gcc compiler and install the new one.

You can also try this:

g++ -o [fileName] [executable name]

Answer 3

The package name for the C standard library is libc6. Its header files are in the development package: libc6-dev. Some Linux distributions do not have the development package installed. You need to install it yourself:

sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

Why the installation of build-essentials does not resolve the dependencies I don't know. But I think the question wasn't about the installation of build-essentials and maybe it isn't needed at all.

References:

• https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/libc6
• https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-dev
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_C_Library#A_temporary_fork

Answer 4

I was having the same problem, and simply installed the g++ package and that fixed the missing include file.

sudo apt-get install g++

Answer 5

I had this situation before:

    rleclerc@fvrwbp01:~# gcc -o tokens tokens.c
    tokens.c:1:19: fatal error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
    compilation terminated.

You wrote:

    sudo apt-get install build-essintial

There's a typo. Try this instead (I guess you already did something similar):

    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gcc

and:

    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends build-essential

Sometimes, proof-reading makes some difference:

    The following NEW packages will be installed:
      build-essential dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.7 libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libdpkg-perl libstdc++6-4.7-dev libtimedate-perl linux-libc-dev make
    (...)

This fixed the error.