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Opencv4 giving undefined reference errors with pkg-config

I have recently updated to ubuntu 20.04. The default OpenCV version is now 4.2 and it is giving a lot of compilation errors.

Below is a sample program

#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp"
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
  Mat src = imread(argv[1], 1);

  namedWindow("src", 1);
  imshow("src", src);

  // Split the image into different channels
  vector<Mat> rgbChannels(3);
  split(src, rgbChannels);

  // Show individual channels
  Mat g;
  g = Mat::zeros(Size(src.cols, src.rows), CV_8UC1);

  // Showing Red Channel
  // G and B channels are kept as zero matrix for visual perception
  {
    Mat img_R;
    vector<Mat> channels;
    channels.push_back(g);
    channels.push_back(g);
    channels.push_back(rgbChannels[2]);

    vector<Mat> R = channels;

    /// Merge the three channels
    merge(R, img_R);
    namedWindow("R", 1);
    imshow("R", img_R);
    namedWindow("R2", 1);
    imshow("R2", rgbChannels[2]);
  }

  // Showing Green Channel
  {
    Mat img_G;
    vector<Mat> channels;
    channels.push_back(g);
    channels.push_back(rgbChannels[1]);
    channels.push_back(g);

    vector<Mat> G = channels;

    merge(G, img_G);
    namedWindow("G", 1);
    imshow("G", img_G);
    namedWindow("G2", 1);
    imshow("G2", rgbChannels[1]);
  }

  // Showing Blue Channel
  {
    Mat img_B;

    vector<Mat> channels;
    channels.push_back(rgbChannels[0]);
    channels.push_back(g);
    channels.push_back(g);

    vector<Mat> B = channels;

    merge(channels, img_B);
    namedWindow("B", 1);
    imshow("B", img_B);
    namedWindow("B2", 1);
    imshow("B2", rgbChannels[0]);
  }

  // Showing Red Blue Channel
  {
    Mat img_RB;
    vector<Mat> channels;
    channels.push_back(rgbChannels[0]);
    channels.push_back(g);
    channels.push_back(rgbChannels[2]);

    vector<Mat> RB = channels;

    merge(RB, img_RB);
    namedWindow("RB", 1);
    imshow("RB", img_RB);
  }

  waitKey(0);
  return 0;
}

Now when I compile using

g++ -g -I/usr/include/opencv4 `pkg-config --libs --cflags opencv4` rgb.cpp

Then I get these reference errors

/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc1tVO10.o: in function `main':
/home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:10: undefined reference to `cv::imread(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:12: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:13: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:17: undefined reference to `cv::split(cv::_InputArray const&, cv::_OutputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:21: undefined reference to `cv::Mat::zeros(cv::Size_<int>, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:35: undefined reference to `cv::merge(cv::_InputArray const&, cv::_OutputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:36: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:37: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:38: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:39: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:52: undefined reference to `cv::merge(cv::_InputArray const&, cv::_OutputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:53: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:54: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:55: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:56: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:70: undefined reference to `cv::merge(cv::_InputArray const&, cv::_OutputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:71: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:72: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:73: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:74: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:87: undefined reference to `cv::merge(cv::_InputArray const&, cv::_OutputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:88: undefined reference to `cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:89: undefined reference to `cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/gaurav-pant/lab/img_process/rgb.cpp:92: undefined reference to `cv::waitKey(int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc1tVO10.o: in function `cv::Mat::Mat(cv::Mat const&)':
/usr/include/opencv4/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp:538: undefined reference to `cv::Mat::copySize(cv::Mat const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc1tVO10.o: in function `cv::Mat::~Mat()':
/usr/include/opencv4/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp:739: undefined reference to `cv::fastFree(void*)'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc1tVO10.o: in function `cv::Mat::release()':
/usr/include/opencv4/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp:851: undefined reference to `cv::Mat::deallocate()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Coincidentally such errors are not there when I include the libraries using CMake. How do I get over this ?