I'm having a problem compiling the Mongo tutorial code with my default g++ compiler version 4.8; it compiles just fine running g++-4.6 tutorial.cpp -pthread -lmongoclient -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lboost_system -o tutorial But just running using g++ gives: chrisd@romeo:~$ sudo apt-get install mongodb-dev libmongo-client-dev libboost-doc libboost-all-dev fop [sudo] password for chrisd: chrisd@romeo:~$ g++-4.6 tutorial.cpp -pthread -lmongoclient -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lboost_system -o tutorial chrisd@romeo:~$ g++ tutorial.cpp -pthread -lmongoclient -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lboost_system -o tutorial `.text._ZN5mongo12DBClientBaseD2Ev' referenced in section `.text._ZN5mongo12DBClientBaseD1Ev[_ZN5mongo12DBClientBaseD1Ev]' of /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libmongoclient.a(dbclient.o): defined in discarded section `.text._ZN5mongo12DBClientBaseD2Ev[_ZN5mongo12DBClientBaseD5Ev]' of /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libmongoclient.a(dbclient.o) `.text._ZN5mongo18DBClientConnectionD2Ev' referenced in section `.text._ZN5mongo18DBClientConnectionD1Ev[_ZN5mongo18DBClientConnectionD1Ev]' of /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libmongoclient.a(dbclient.o): defined in discarded section `.text._ZN5mongo18DBClientConnectionD2Ev[_ZN5mongo18DBClientConnectionD5Ev]' of /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libmongoclient.a(dbclient.o) collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I'm using: g++ (Ubuntu 4.8.1-2ubuntu1~12.04) 4.8.1 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE After installing mongo with: sudo apt-get install mongodb-dev libmongo-client-dev libboost-doc libboost-all-dev fop Doing a dpkg list shows: chrisd@romeo:~$ dpkg --list | grep mongo ii libmongo-client-dev 0.1.4-3 Development files for the alternate C driver for MongoDB ii libmongo-client0 0.1.4-3 Alternate C driver for the MongoDB document-oriented datastore ii mongodb-clients 1:2.0.4-1ubuntu2.1 object/document-oriented database (client apps) ii mongodb-dev 1:2.0.4-1ubuntu2.1 object/document-oriented database (development) ii mongodb-server 1:2.0.4-1ubuntu2.1 object/document-oriented database (server package) The content of the tutorial file is: chrisd@romeo:~$ cat tutorial.cpp #include #include #include "mongo/client/dbclient.h" void run() { mongo::DBClientConnection c; c.connect("localhost"); } int main() { try { run(); std::cout << "connected ok" << std::endl; } catch( const mongo::DBException &e ) { std::cout << "caught " << e.what() << std::endl; } return EXIT_SUCCESS; } Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance

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2013-12-13	Thomas Krüger	Answer	Answered
2013-12-13	Christopher Dawes	Confirm	Solved

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