As mentioned in previous articles, I write a lot of C++11 code on OS X but deploy it on CentOS Linux 6.6 servers. But CentOS 6.6 does not contain a C++11 development environment by default.

Here’s how to set one up.

Install a C++11 Compiler

We need to get the repo files for DevTools2, a Red Hat package that contains a supported C++11 compiler. As root, run the following command to retrieve the repo file:

wget http://people.centos.org/tru/devtools-2/devtools-2.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-2.repo

Then install the compiler and support tools:

yum install devtoolset-2-gcc devtoolset-2-binutils devtoolset-2-gcc-c++

Before you can compile C++11 code with the DevTools2 compiler, you need to enable it in a new shell:

scl enable devtoolset-2 bash

All compiles in this new shell will use the new compiler.

Make it permanent

In your .bash_profile, add at the bottom:

echo "WARNING: devtoolset-2 is enabled!"
. /opt/rh/devtoolset-2/enable

All new shells you create will use the new tools.

Enjoy.

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