[SOLVED] What is the alternative of conio.h in linux?

chinabenjamin66 · 12-31-2012, 04:21 AM

Hello friends

I am a beginner of C programming under Linux(Ubuntu), I got an example of program which can run under windows, but when I try to complie it under Linux, I got such error:

Code:

root@gpl-vm:/lianxi/ch11# gcc -o formate9 formate9.c 
formate9.c:2:19: fatal error: conio.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
root@gpl-vm:/lianxi/ch11#

I want to know what is the alternative of conio.h under Linux, since I knew it is oler header file under Windows, it doesn't exisit under Linux.

Best Regards
Benjamin.

kaz2100 · 12-31-2012, 05:01 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-linux-591002/

NevemTeve · 12-31-2012, 05:52 AM

ncurses

dugan · 12-31-2012, 12:23 PM

This is what you want: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-conioh/

It depresses me to see people taking courses that still teach conio.h. Conio was never standard, and it's been deprecated everywhere, including Windows (ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh674596.aspx)

dgashu · 12-31-2012, 11:35 PM

Dear chinabenjamin66,

For most of the work stdio.h is sufficient in LINUX.
Are you looking for any specific functionality to use conio.h ....

Ashish

chinabenjamin66 · 01-01-2013, 12:24 AM

Hello all,
Thank you for your advice.

MkojoA · 08-03-2016, 07:49 AM

try using the #include<curses.h>
.....because curses.h provide almost all the functionalities that conio does ..