g++ errors when trying to compile c++11 with Rcpp

Question

SYSTEM SPEC:

• OS - Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
• g++ - Macports gcc 4.8.1_2+universal

Answer 1

Kevin Ushley is absolutely right - the easiest way to make sure that the right compiler is being used is through Makevars file. In my case, I added:

CXX = g++-4.8.1
PKG_CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11

This is what I have been missing - and it all worked afterwards. This works if you are compiling your package.