g++ conio.h: no such file or directory

I'm trying to write a program with g++ that uses conio.h header. What I'm actually trying to do is calling gotoxy function which I used in Borland compiler and windows OS.

So the first question is: is there a gotoxy function or equivalent in g++?

Second: why开发者_Go百科 can't I include conio.h? I read some stuff that said I should install libstdc++ package, I tried but it seems that I already have it (it's accompanied by gcc).

There's no direct equivalent for g++. conio.h is specific to some DOS compilers. But you can get what you want using ncurses library, its functions are similar to ones in conio.h.

Here's a link to a very elaborate tutorial: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/

conio.h is specific to the Windows console environment. Use the curses or ncurses library on Unix; the appropriate function is mvcur() in the low level interface and wmove() in the virtual window interface.

Well its not in gcc but it does come with MiniGW. It is specific to Windows.

For linux you want the ncurses library.