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

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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.

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2 Answers

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.

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stropts.h is part of the Posix STREAMS extension, which Linux never supported. (Since 2008, it has also been marked as obsolescent by Posix, so it may be removed in some future standard revision.)

There have been third-party implementations of STREAMS for Linux, but I don't kniw if any of them are still supported. One which is used by Linux-based telephony apps is contained in openss7.

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