In Termux these are implemented in the libutil package to support android-21. diff -u -r /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/sysroot/usr/include/pty.h ./usr/include/pty.h --- /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/sysroot/usr/include/pty.h 2017-06-20 17:41:56.000000000 +0200 +++ ./usr/include/pty.h 2017-07-02 11:42:39.244882732 +0200 @@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS -#if __ANDROID_API__ >= 23 -int openpty(int*, int*, char*, const struct termios*, const struct winsize*) __INTRODUCED_IN(23); -int forkpty(int*, char*, const struct termios*, const struct winsize*) __INTRODUCED_IN(23); -#endif /* __ANDROID_API__ >= 23 */ +int openpty(int*, int*, char*, const struct termios*, const struct winsize*); +int forkpty(int*, char*, const struct termios*, const struct winsize*); __END_DECLS