cmake will not compile to C++ 11 standard

Question

I\'m new to C++ and have been struggling with compiling/making/linking/building/whatever, lets see if somebody can help me out. I did some searches and found other people with

Answer 1

I always enable c++11 in my code using CMake this way:

set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11")

My compiler is gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2, however in my workplace I also use other versions and this approach always works.

EDIT (to avoid variable overwriting):

set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")