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C compiler not working correctly.

Asked by baseballjw

I keep trying to compile a simple program using the gcc compiler. It won't work. I specifically type in: gcc -o hello hello.c. I get an error reading:
hello.c:2:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
hello.c:4:19: error: stlib.h: No such file or directory
hello.c: In function ‘main’:
hello.c:8: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’
This does not make any sense to me. Please help me out. Thanks for the help in advance.

James

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Randy LeJeune (lejeunerandy-fastmail) said : 		#1

Do you have the "build-essential" package installed? I think it contains all of the libraries and header files you will need to compile C programs.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Bhavani Shankar suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #61: “Packages required to compile a C program in Ubuntu”.

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