Missing Headers

[HeroKing]

i just tried once again with a package electrosheep posted in off-topic, and i think i found my issue. his script calls up the srand and rand functions, without them being declared. i looked them up, and found they're in the cstlib header file. i added it to the header list, and it says it's not included. i checked, and the only solution i've found is to install build-essential or libc6-dev, which i already have. it looks like that file is no longer included, and now i can't seem to find it anywhere

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[Strangelove]

to use rand() you need to include stdlib.h

cstdlib is only used if you program in C++ and then all your standard C library functions will be namespaced.

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[HeroKing]

this is programmed in C++. all the headers that are used come from C++ libraries

[Strangelove]

ok. if it's just a matter of a missing file, try:

sudo apt-get install gcc g++

this should install all the needed files including libstdc++-dev which holds the header files.

[m0skit0]

He should already have that if he installed build-essentials package.

all the headers that are used come from C++ libraries

Sorry but no. rand() is a C function as comes in C headers, not C++ ones. In fact with cstdlib you're actually indirectly calling C's stdlib.h.

[HeroKing]

either way, i'm also mission stlib.h. i did a search on my system, and only thing i found was a histlib.h under psptoolchain. not sure if it's the same thing or not

[Salmon]

Could you post the code you're trying to compile?

[HeroKing]

same program i got from here - http://www.wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.ph ... 03&start=0

Edit: found stlib.h online and saved it. now just trying to find where to put it

[Salmon]

You need to include the cstdlib header.
Add the following line:

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#include <cstdlib>

The above allows me to compile the code using gcc/g++ 4.6.0

[Strangelove]

if you're compiling C++ stuff make sure to use g++ and not gcc.

edit:

i don't have the cstlib file, and can't find it online. i got stlib.h downloaded now, but trying to find my other C headers to put it with them

*facepalm* in all likelyhood you have all the files installed already. and it's called stdlib not stlib! by manually downloading stuff and installing it you risk permanently breaking your compiler. adding more problems than you originally had.