That did it. I hadn't installed the glibc-dev library
when I install gcc.
So how come it wasn't installed anyway as there
certainly seems to be a dependency issue here.
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] gcc can't find the header files
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > I installed gcc from the Mandrake 7.0 CD and the
> > header files were put into /usr/i386-glibc-linux/include/
> > but when I compile a C program I get an error saying
> > "Cannot find stdio.h".
> >
> > I have put /usr/i386-glibc-linux/include in my PATH
> > but it hasn't helped.which makes me wonder what the
> > PATH variable is doing anyway.
> >
> > I have spent most of today on this and am throwing
> > in the towell. Any help will be appreciated.
> >
> > Dana
>
> http://www.mandrakeuser.org/basics/bsource.html
>
> The whole site is neccesary reading, but I believe the URL to
> this page will help. It's a tutorial for compiling. Be sure to read
> the 'Preparations' section, particularly the part about what needs
> to be installed to compile from source.
>
> --
> ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
