g++ compile error: undefined reference to a shared library function which exists

Question

I recently installed the hdf5 library on an ubuntu machine, and am now having trouble linking to the exported functions. I wrote a simple test script re

Answer 1

This is not a bug. See C++ shared library undefined reference to `FooClass::SayHello()'

"Recent versions of GCC reuqire that you put the object files and libraries in the order that they depend on each other ..."