Where are the basic include files?

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> 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? Not under Development or Base.
>
> OK now, it's all installed. But I'm still puzzled....
>
> Bill
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install the package :  build-essential

this will install all the needed packages to compile