Header files missing

Question

I'm trying to compile a source code and I'm getting many errors indicating that header files are missing from my system

checking sys/ioccom.h usability... no
checking sys/ioccom.h presence... no
checking for sys/ioccom.h... no
checking sys/sockio.h usability... no
checking sys/sockio.h presence... no
checking for sys/sockio.h... no
checking for net/pfvar.h... no
checking for linux/wireless.h... no
checking bluetooth/bluetooth.h usability... no
checking bluetooth/bluetooth.h presence... no
checking for bluetooth/bluetooth.h... no

So, I'm starting to think I'm missing some important packages

Can you list them for me?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 2.6.28-17 kernel and gcc version 4.6.3 and I'm trying to compile this package http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mptcp/mptcp_userland_0.1.tar.gz

Thanks in advance

Solution 1

I used find / -iname 'wireless.h' for example, and found that most of the header files are there but the compiler didn't find them

So, I copied them to /usr/include/ directory and it worked fine

Solution 2

Missing Headers and Libs

If you haven't installed the libs on your computer, here are the libs on an Ubuntu system:

1. ioccom.h

   • lib: freebsd-glue

2. pfvar.h

   • lib: linux-headers-generic

3. wireless.h and sockios.h

   • lib: linux-libc-dev

4. bluetooth.h

   • lib: libbluetooth-dev

To install the packages:

sudo apt-get install freebsd-glue libbluetooth-dev linux-headers-generic linux-libc-dev

Comments

[Jacob Vlijm]

Hi Hosam, I think you are missing some "important" packages instead of "impotent", or else this must be the wrong site :)

[loo3y35]

An auto-corrected typo :D

[Danatela]

But you did not say what are you configuring…

[loo3y35]

Added a link to the source files (Y)

[chronitis]

These appear to be kernel headers (include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h, et al), but you say you are using kernel 2.6.28-17 - which does not match Ubuntu 12.04 (which used 3.2.0, or newer if you installed a HWE stack) - so if you've installed your own kernel, you probably need to ensure for yourself you have the right headers available.

[loo3y35]

I installed the old kernel and its corresponding header files from Ubuntu repository, so, I assume they contain all the necessary files

[c0rp]

Could you run this dpkg -s linux-headers-$(uname -r)

[Lekensteyn]

You're doing it wrong. Instead of copying the file over, you must add an additional compiler flag: -I /path/to/net (the path that includes bluetooth). For autoconf, run ./configure --help to find out environment variables or options that you can use to specify the include directory for bluetooth.