So Im new to programming C++ on mac, but i've tried to run simple program in VS Code where #include is used. I have all C++ extensions installed, I have Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3). All up to date.

I've tried to modify my c_cpp_proporties.json file to have direct path:

    "includePath": [
    "${workspaceFolder}/../**",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/clang/17/include",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/include",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks"
    ],

i still get the error: "include errors detected. Please update your includePath. Squiggles are disabled for this translation unit"

Also tried to run the file in terminal with: clang++ -std=c++17 -Wall -o hk_find hk_find.cpp got error: hk_find.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'iostream' file not found 1 | #include Tried reinstalling VS Code and CommandLineTools

So Im new to programming C++ on mac, but i've tried to run simple program in VS Code where #include is used. I have all C++ extensions installed, I have Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3). All up to date.

I've tried to modify my c_cpp_proporties.json file to have direct path:

    "includePath": [
    "${workspaceFolder}/../**",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/clang/17/include",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/include",
    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks"
    ],

i still get the error: "include errors detected. Please update your includePath. Squiggles are disabled for this translation unit"

Also tried to run the file in terminal with: clang++ -std=c++17 -Wall -o hk_find hk_find.cpp got error: hk_find.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'iostream' file not found 1 | #include Tried reinstalling VS Code and CommandLineTools

• c++17
• include
• clang++

1 Answer 1

- try to locate the header-file which is stated to be missing. Maybe the file doesn't exist inside the includepaths. Check by yourself, I had a similar problem in the past where the file was not where i thought it would be.
- start the compiler in verbose mode and check if the includepaths defined in your c_cpp_properties.json file is used: clang++ -v -std=c++17 -Wall -o hk_find hk_find.cpp
- when you use the compiler command manually inspect if the compiler knows about your include paths because maybe when running the command manually it won't use the vscode settings (just maybe)
- have you installed intellisense etc. for vscode?
- have you used the c++ installation docs provided by microsoft for vscode? microsoft c++ installation guide

Here is a snippet of my c_cpp_properties.json file from my macbook silicon(don't be confused because i used "_APPLE_" because this is a properties file which also includes setup for my windows computer and ubuntu):

{
            "name": "Mac",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/include",
                "${workspaceFolder}/src",
                "/usr/local/include",
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": ["_APPLE_"],
            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang",
            "cStandard": "c11",
            "cppStandard": "c++14",
            "intelliSenseMode": "macos-clang-x64",
            "configurationProvider": "ms-vscode.cmake-tools"
        },

I hope this will help you. Good luck