C++ undefined reference - Hello World

I am quite new to programming and even newer to linux (does that make sense?). A while back I started to program in C++ and found it quite easy on linux. I just used the command

gcc hello.cpp -o hello

And all was well. Now when I try and compile anything I get lots of strange errors. I tried to compile this program....

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int main()
{
        std::cout << "Hello world.";
        return 0;
}

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And got these errors...

Code:

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gcc hello2.cpp -o hello2
/tmp/ccfO003J.o: In function `main':hello2.cpp:(.text+0x27): undefined reference to `std::cout'
:hello2.cpp:(.text+0x2c): 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/ccfO003J.o: In function `__tcf_0':hello2.cpp:(.text+0x46): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init()'
/tmp/ccfO003J.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)':hello2.cpp:(.text+0x6f): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init()'
/tmp/ccfO003J.o:(.eh_frame+0x11): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

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Is there something wrong with my machine or my code?

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Ironfistchamp

Try using g++ which is the C++ compiler. gcc is the C compiler.

Yup that works. Boy do I feel stupid.

Thanks

Ironfistchamp