Can't run CreateExecutable example

Question

I'm trying to run this example from the Wolfram website, on Linux Mint 16.

Needs["CCompilerDriver`"];
hello = CreateExecutable["
    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(){
      printf(\"hello world\\n\");
    }
    ", "hello"]
Import["!" <> QuoteFile[hello], "Text"]

But at the CreateExecutable call I get the message

CreateExecutable::cmperr: Compile error: collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

And the code returns $Failed (plus some error messages from the Import call, that depends on CreateExecutable working).

Answer 1

I added the options "ShellCommandFunction" -> Print and "ShellOutputFunction" -> Print to CreateExecutable, they print the output of the compilation to Mathematica, thus it allows debugging.

On the output message there was the line /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lstdc++, which indicates an issue with the compiler. I installed the C++ compiler (G++) following these instructions and the code worked.

With the options added, the code looks like:

Needs["CCompilerDriver`"];
hello = CreateExecutable["
    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(){
      printf(\"hello world\\n\");
    }
    ", "hello",
    "ShellCommandFunction" -> Print,"ShellOutputFunction" -> Print]
Import["!" <> QuoteFile[hello], "Text"]