Unable to find the location of C++'s standard libraries in OS/X?

Question

I have looked at /System/Library, but I have not found the iostream library/module by

ack iostream

Where are the standard libraries in OS/X?

Answer 1

IIRC, /usr/local/lib ... Try adding -L/usr/local/lib to your GCC build options. Although the stdc++ libraries should be in your linker path already. Compiler errors usually indicate missing headers / syntax error while linker errors indicate missing binary blobbage.

Answer 2

Try /usr/lib/ or /usr/local/lib/

Answer 3

Please make sure you have XCode installed first.

Without xcode you won't be able to develop C/C++ applications since xcode includes all linkable standard libraries and headers.

Answer 4

iostream is a C++ thing, not C. You might get more help if you re-tag your question appropriately.