cpp include .cpp files in main source file causes "duplicate symbol" error [duplicate]

I am stuck at how to separate a project into few source files and header files. My current practice seems to be clumsy and mistaken. Any comment is appreciated!

I have four files:

• main.cpp is the main program. It will create a few tree nodes, and call a function to traverse them.
• TreeNode.h is the header file where I declare a simple class TreeNode
• TreeNode.cpp is where I define a constructor of the class TreeNode
• utils.cpp is where I define a few functions on TreeNode, like printing out the tree.

The question is, where should I include the TreeNode.h file?

• If I include it both in main.cpp and utils.cpp (since they both use the TreeNode class, my compiler gives me a "duplicate symbol" error. This might be because I included utils.cpp in main.cpp as well.

Like this :

Scanning dependencies of target main
[ 25%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.cpp.o
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/main.dir/utils.cpp.o
[ 75%] Linking CXX executable main
duplicate symbol __Z13inorder_printP8TreeNode in:
    CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.cpp.o
    CMakeFiles/main.dir/utils.cpp.o
duplicate symbol __Z16inorderTraversalP8TreeNode in:
    CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.cpp.o
    CMakeFiles/main.dir/utils.cpp.o
ld: 2 duplicate symbols for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[3]: *** [main] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/main.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/main.dir/rule] Error 2
make: *** [main] Error 2`

• If I only include TreeNode.h in main.cpp file, the utils.cpp file will not compile. It gives an error error: unknown type name 'TreeNode'

Edit:

Here are the four files:

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include "TreeNode.h"
#include "utils.cpp"

using namespace std;

int main() {
    TreeNode * root = new TreeNode(0);
    root->right = new TreeNode(2);
    root->right->right = new TreeNode(3);

    // inorder_print(root);
    std::vector<int> v = inorderTraversal(root);

    // print out vector
    for (auto i = v.begin(); i != v.end(); ++i){
        std::cout << *i << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

TreeNode.h

#ifndef TREE_TREE_H
#define TREE_TREE_H

class TreeNode{
public:
    int val;
    TreeNode * left;
    TreeNode * right;

    TreeNode(int x);
};

#endif //TREE_TREE_H

TreeNode.cpp

#include "TreeNode.h"

TreeNode::TreeNode(int x) {
    val = x;
    left = nullptr;
    right = nullptr;
}

utils.cpp

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
// #include "TreeNode.h"

// tested correct
void inorder_print(TreeNode * root){
    // print out the tree content in inorder traversal
    while(root != nullptr){
        std::cout << root->val << std::endl;
        inorder_print(root->left);
        inorder_print(root->right);
        break;
    }
}

std::vector<int> inorderTraversal(TreeNode * root){
    std::vector<int> v;
    while(root != NULL){
        v.push_back(root->val);
        if (root->left != NULL){
            v.insert(v.end(), inorderTraversal(root->left).begin(), inorderTraversal(root->left).end());
            break;
        }
        if (root->right != NULL){
            v.insert(v.end(), inorderTraversal(root->right).begin(), inorderTraversal(root->right).end());
            break;
        }
        break;
    }
    return v;
}