>It is hard to tell what the problem is without sample code and the exact error message along with some details >about your system configuration. >Regards > \Steve Sorry for the lack of information I hope this makes the situation more clear. I'm using Ubuntu Linux 8.04 and every current stable patch kernel wise. GCC is version 4.3 Remaining info is as follows. //Sample Code #include<iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout <<"Hello World"; return 0; } //Error message copied from terminal /tmp/ccERz0tv.o: In function `std::__verify_grouping(char const*, unsigned int, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)': test.cpp:(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::size() const' test.cpp:(.text+0x59): undefined reference to `std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::operator[](unsigned int) const' test.cpp:(.text+0x97): undefined reference to `std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::operator[](unsigned int) const' test.cpp:(.text+0xdf): undefined reference to `std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::operator[](unsigned int) const' /tmp/ccERz0tv.o: In function `main': test.cpp:(.text+0x128): undefined reference to `std::cout' test.cpp:(.text+0x12d): undefined reference to `std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::operator<< <std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*)' /tmp/ccERz0tv.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)': test.cpp:(.text+0x15d): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init()' /tmp/ccERz0tv.o: In function `__tcf_0': test.cpp:(.text+0x1aa): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init()' /tmp/ccERz0tv.o:(.eh_frame+0x11): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status - Phil C -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html