libc6 installation??
 

Hi,
I m using Kubuntu 8.I cant compile c programs on my system.When i check out in Adept package manager .I shows that libc6 is installed.But when i do "whereis libc6 " it gives no result.when i try to to
sudo apt-get install libc6 it shows again that the latest version of libc6 is already installed.
When i compile a c program h.c,

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Helloworld");
}

i get the following output.
gcc h.c

h.c:1:18: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
h.c: In function âmainâ:
h.c:4: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function âprintfâ
h.c:5:2: warning: no newline at end of file

Please tell me wats wrong how to cure this??
Thanks in advance!!!!!!!

Hi

Install the package "build-essential". You will then get gcc with the libraries you need, like libc6-dev.

Thanks for reply!!!
I tried sudo apt-get install build-essential but it doesnt work ..the error message was..

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package build-essential

Infact for any package i get the same response...
If it is not present in my system ...
it shows the above error..
otherwise it says that package is present on the system..


I dont have synaptic package manager on my system
what should i do know...???

Strange...

Maybe try "sudo apt-get update". This will download the lists of all packages avaiable. If you still can't install anything, there might be something wrong with where you download from. Try "cat /etc/apt/sources.list" and post the output here. The file /etc/apt/sources.list specifies where you get the programs from.

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse


This is what i ve got in my sources.list file....
Please have a look...
Thanks.!!!

Hi again.

Sorry for the late reply. The file looks OK. You should be able to install all kinds of packages.

But does "sudo apt-get update" any error message?

Maybe post a question in the Ubuntu section about it? This has nothing to do with libc6 installation, when you cannot install any package on your system.