C code won't compile in mac Terminal.

Question

Whenever I run $ /developer/usr/bin/gcc -v main.c -o main in Terminal, I get the following error: stdio.h: No such file or directory.

Here is the main.c file

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void){
    int i;
    for(i = 0; i<10;i++){
        puts("Hello World!\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

I am pretty good with C, however I usually use xcode to compile any C command line programs. The same code runs fine in Xcode, what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and fixed it. Just install xCode's command line tools and it'll all work just fine!

Hope it helps! :)

Answer 2

You can install xcode tools with the command -

xcode-select --install

A fresh install of xcode command line tools will require 130MB of space and does require sudo access.