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[tedmp0816]

I'm using the GCC compiler for compiling C source code. I am learning socket programming but the source code I have from a book I got, I can't get to compile, It is because certain header files are in the source code, and so I put the entire directory of files that came with the book into /usr/include so shouldn't it work now, cause it doesn't. Is there something else I have to do?

[BlaineSch]

Post up your code and what error your getting.

[dargueta]

I hope you're using some version of Linux and not Cygwin...that'd be much harder to debug.

[tedmp0816]

I am using linux, and I am using source code from Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, I got it working eventually because I didn't realize there was a makefile for it. But in general if we want to include a header file and we put it in /usr/include should it work?

[Guest]

The makefile probably has instructions to link with the appropriate library. Some headers need libraries or you will get an error. Read this for more information.