Linux Development Platform: Configuring, Using, and Maintaining a Complete Programming Environment, The

3.9. Standard Libraries

In addition to the compiler, assembler, linker and other tools, you also need standard library files. All Linux distributions come with the GNU C library which is installed as glibc. However, when you are building your development environment, you may need to get the library in source code format and install the latest version. You may also need the library in source code format in order to cross compile it when you are building a cross-compilation environment. The standard GNU C library provides functions for the following major areas.

• Memory management

• Error handling

• Character handling

• Strings and arrays

• Locales and international specific things, like character handling and date and time specific functions

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