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Gopal · #1 (**permalink**) 03-18-2005, 11:33 AM

In linux environment while using traditional c language, i got some problems b'coz conio.h was not there. is there any other header file that conducts with console designing. if yes, plz name it of if not then plz tell me how can i add this header file to my include directory in linux.

nixcraft · #2 (**permalink**) 03-18-2005, 12:15 PM

Ncurses is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals under Linux, FreeBSD etc. In order to use it with C under GCC you need ncurses-devel library installed. You need to include curses.h file instead of conio.h

In order to compile the code you need to include ncurses library by adding -lncurses to cc command as follows:

Code:

cc myprog.c -o myprog -lncurses

Example of program

Code:

#include <curses.h>
int main(void)
{

   /* initialize the curses library */
    initscr();      
    cbreak();       /* take input chars one at a time, no wait for \n */
    echo();         /* echo input - in color */
   
 /* now put rest of logic below */
   
       endwin();       /* must be called when done */
}

Read the man 3 ncurses for intro and supported list of functions.