Where are the basic include files?

[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:14:53 +0000
bill purvis <bil at beeb.net> wrote:

> I've been running Ubuntu for several days now and have finally got
> around to tryint to recompile one of my programs. Shock! No sign
> of basic things like /usr/include/stdio.h   ????
> I've looked through the synaptic database and can't see anything
> like   libc6-dev.
> 
> Afterthought: just tried
> 
> apt-get install libc6-dev
> 
> and it is downloading it as I write. Where should I have looked
> in Synaptic? 

Just press the big "Search" button in the toolbar, enter "libc6-dev",
select "name" in the drop down menu, then click "Search" :-)

If that doesn't work (it works here), you might want to file a bug
report against Synaptic...

Once Synpatic has found the libc6-dev package, click on it with the
mouse, then click on the "Properties" button in the toolbar.
In the first tab that you are given to see, you will see in what
section the package has been categorized. In this case, it's been put
under "Libraries - Development".

--
Vince