[SOLVED] How do I install libraries for <stropts.h>?

Issue

I am running Kali-Linux (debian+gnome). When I compile I get compilation error:

cc -Wall -g   -c -o frag.o frag.c
frag.c:7:10: fatal error: stropts.h: No such file or directory
    7 | #include <stropts.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [<builtin>: frag.o] Error 1

Can anyone tell me what am I missing and what should I install? I tried installing glibc-sources but still it didn't work out.

Solution

As mentioned by the other answer, this library is not used on Linux. Since this came up when trying to compile an application on Linux, it's possible an #if was not set correctly.

As a workaround, look at the source code to see what the #if surrounding the #include is, and set that to false when compiling.

For example, if the code looked like:

#if HAVE_STROPTS_H
#include <stropts.h>
#endif

And if you are using cmake or gcc, run them with -DHAVE_STROPTS_H=0.

Answered By - jddp

Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)