C/C++

Problem:

Your C++ code contains a line like

#include <stringstream>

since you want to use std::stringstream, but your compiler gives you this error message:

main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: stringstream: No such file or directory
 #include <stringstream>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

Solution:

The header is called sstream, not stringstream! Use this #include directive instead:

#include <sstream>

Problem:

You are trying to compile C sourcecode that uses open(), but you see a compiler error message like this:

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:3:14: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘open’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
     int fd = open("my.txt", O_RDONLY);
              ^~~~
main.c:3:29: error: ‘O_RDONLY’ undeclared (first use in this function)
     int fd = open("my.txt", O_RDONLY);
                             ^~~~~~~~
main.c:3:29: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

or

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:3:14: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘open’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
     int fd = open("my.txt", O_RDWR);
              ^~~~
main.c:3:29: error: ‘O_RDWR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
     int fd = open("my.txt", O_RDWR);
                             ^~~~~~
main.c:3:29: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

or

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:3:14: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘open’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
     int fd = open("my.txt", O_WRONLY);
              ^~~~
main.c:3:29: error: ‘O_WRONLY’ undeclared (first use in this function)
     int fd = open("my.txt", O_WRONLY);
                             ^~~~~~~~
main.c:3:29: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

Solution:

Add

#include <fcntl.h>

to the top of the source file where the error occured.

The POSIX header fcntl.h includes the definitions for O_RDONLY, O_RDWR and O_WRONLY amongst other POSIX-related definitions.

Also, this will include the definition for open() itself, which is missing as well – this is indicated by this line in the error message:

main.c:3:14: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘open’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

See the OpenGroup reference on fcntl.h for more details on what else is defined in fcntl.h and what the meaning of all the individual flags is.

Problem:

You have C code like

_exit(1);

but when you try to compile it you see a warning message like

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:3:5: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘_exit’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
     _exit(1);
     ^~~~~
main.c:3:5: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘_exit’

Solution:

Add

#include <unistd.h>

at the top of the source file where the error occured.

Note that in case you use _Exit(...) (capital E) instead of _exit(...), you need to add

#include <stdlib.h>

instead.

Read the manpage for _exit in case you need further information on _exit(...).

Problem:

You have C code like

dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, 'myfunc');

but when you try to compile it you see an error message like

main.c:3:11: error: ‘RTLD_NEXT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
     dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, 'myfunc');
           ^~~~~~~~~

Solution:

Add

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <dlfcn.h>

at the top of the source file where the error occured.

In order for RTLD_NEXT to be declared, #define _GNU_SOURCE must occur before the first #include statement!

Problem:

You have C code like

dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, 'myfunc');

but when you try to compile it you see a warning message like

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:3:5: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘dlsym’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
     dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, 'myfunc');

Solution:

Add

#include <dlfcn.h>

at the top of the source file where the error occured. This will include both dlopen, dlsym and related definitions like RTLD_NEXT.

Problem:

You have C code like

int v = 123;
intptr_t vptr = (intptr_t)&v;

but when you try to compile it you see an error message like

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:5:1: error: unknown type name ‘intptr_t’; did you mean ‘__int128_t’?
 intptr_t vptr = (intptr_t)&v;
 ^~~~~~~~
 __int128_t
main.c:5:18: error: ‘intptr_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
 intptr_t vptr = (intptr_t)&v;
                  ^~~~~~~~
main.c:5:18: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

Solution:

Add

#include <stdint.h>

at the top of the source file where the error occured.