I was trying to install/compile libraries such as igraph and SNAP in Windows 7 using Cygwin (and also tried MinGW-MSYS) and I ran into some problems.
I think I have narrowed down the problem to this error given by ./configure
:
checking sys/times.h usability... no
checking sys/times.h presence... no
checking for sys/times.h... no
In Cygwin, /usr/include/sys/times.h
actually do exists. I googled about this for MinGW and it seems that sys/times.h is not available for MinGW because "the POSIX/BSD "times" function is not part of the ANSI standard and does not exist under Mingw32 runtime".
As an experiment, I tried compiling this C code in Cygwin using gcc:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/times.h>
int main (void)
{
return 0;
}
This does not compile, with the error sys/times.h no such file or directory
. This happens even when I change the include to </usr/include/sys/times.h>
or <usr/include/sys/times.h>
. In the Cygwin command promot /usr/include/sys/times.h
work correctly.
Question
How do I get sys/times.h usability and presence? Is there a package or library I can install?
Your code compiles with no problem on my Cygwin. Actually /usr/include
is one of the default include search paths for gcc, so normally gcc should be able to find sys/times.h
.
Perhaps you are using MinGW version of gcc instead of Cygwin gcc? Try which gcc
to make sure it's /usr/bin/gcc
, and also gcc --version
to make sure it does not display like mingw32-gcc.exe (GCC) x.x.x
.
You can also try to compile your C file with verbose output:
gcc -v test.c
It shows how gcc searches include files. /usr/include
should be one of the search path list if you use Cygwin's gcc.
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