Compiling library in g++ using C++11 - macos

Question

I'm been attempting to compile an open-source C++ library (QuantLib-1.7) on my mac for several days but I seem to be encountering some kind of C++11 compatibility issue.
When I run make && sudo make install from the terminal the compilation seems to work except for a bunch of errors of the form
Making all in BermudanSwaption
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../ql -I../.. -I../.. -I/opt/local/include -g -O2 -MT BermudanSwaption.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/BermudanSwaption.Tpo -c -o BermudanSwaption.o BermudanSwaption.cpp
In file included from BermudanSwaption.cpp:22:
In file included from ../../ql/quantlib.hpp:43:
In file included from ../../ql/experimental/all.hpp:25:
In file included from ../../ql/experimental/volatility/all.hpp:21:
In file included from ../../ql/experimental/volatility/zabr.hpp:31:
In file included from ../../ql/math/statistics/incrementalstatistics.hpp:35:
In file included from /opt/local/include/boost/accumulators/statistics/stats.hpp:14:
In file included from /opt/local/include/boost/accumulators/statistics_fwd.hpp:12:
/opt/local/include/boost/mpl/print.hpp:50:19: warning: in-class initialization
of non-static data member is a C++11 extension [-Wc++11-extensions]
const int m_x = 1 / (sizeof(T) - sizeof(T));
^
1 warning generated.
I'm guessing this has something to do with g++ not being correctly configured for C++11. I'm familiar with the fact that C++11 can be invoked by compiling with g++ -std=c++11. However, despite a lot of googling I can't find a way to modify the makefile such that -std=c++11 is called when I run make && sudo make install.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the section of the makefile which I believe is relevant:
BOOST_INCLUDE = -I/opt/local/include
BOOST_LIB = -L/opt/local/lib
BOOST_THREAD_LIB =
BOOST_UNIT_TEST_DEFINE = -DQL_WORKING_BOOST_STREAMS
BOOST_UNIT_TEST_LIB = boost_unit_test_framework-mt
BOOST_UNIT_TEST_MAIN_CXXFLAGS = -DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
CC = gcc
CCDEPMODE = depmode=gcc3
CFLAGS = -g -O2
CPP = gcc -E
CPPFLAGS = -I/opt/local/include
CXX = g++
CXXCPP = g++ -E
CXXDEPMODE = depmode=gcc3
CXXFLAGS = -g -O2
Here is the output from running "g++ -v":
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 7.0.0 (clang-700.1.76)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0
Thread model: posix
Makefile.am: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5j7qohwfup81od/Makefile.am?dl=0
Makefile.in: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t92hft9ea2ar1zw/Makefile.in?dl=0
QuantLib-1.7 directory: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ulj0y68m8x35zg8/AAA-w7L2_YWIP8_KnwURErzYa?dl=0
Full error log: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g09lcnma8skipv7/errors.txt?dl=0

Answer 1

Add something like
CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
to your Makefile. This will work regardless of the Darwin-specific munging of the g++ executable---it's really clang++.
References:
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.2.0/gcc/C_002b_002b-Dialect-Options.html#C_002b_002b-Dialect-Options
https://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html
http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Implicit-Variables.html

Answer 2

As you already have, and are familiar with homebrew, my suggestion would be to use that to install and manage quantlib like this:
brew install quantlib
That will then build and put all the files in /usr/local/Cellar/quantlib under some version number that is not of importance. The important thing is the the tools are then linked into /usr/local/bin so all you need to do is make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your PATH.
That gives you access to the tool quantlib-config which is always linked to the latest version and it knows which version that is. So, if you run:
quantlib-config --cflags
it will tell you what the correct path is for your includes like this:
-I/usr/local/Cellar/quantlib/1.6.1/include
Likewise, if you run:
quantlib-config --libs
it will tell you the correct linking directories and libraries for your latest version.
In short, all you need to do to compile is:
g++ $(quantlib-config --cflags --libs)
and it will always pull in the version you are using.
Note that if you use a Makefile, you will need to double the dollar signs.

Answer 3

This is how I eventually managed to compile the Quantlib library for future reference. It is probably not the most efficient/elegant method but it appears to work.
I followed the steps given in http://quantlib.org/install/macosx.shtml and found that running make && sudo make install led to the error reported in the OP.
Create a new static library C++ project in Eclipse called 'Quantlib'
Copy the ql directory located in the .tar file to the Quantlib Eclipse workspace
Right-click Quantlib > Properties > C/C++ Build > Settings > Cross G++ Compiler: Change the Language standard to ISO C++ 11 (-std=c++0x)
Right-click Quantlib > C/C++ General > Paths and Symbols: Add the following include directories for GNU C++
opt/local/include
/Quantlib (check "Is a workspace directory")
/opt/local/include/boost.
Build the Quantlib project (around 34 min on MacBook Air 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7)
Create a new C++ executable project (e.g. BermudanSwaption) and copy the BermudanSwaption.cpp into the BermudanSwaption Eclipse workspace
Repeat steps 4. and 5. for the BermudanSwaption Eclipse project
Right-click BermudanSwaption > Properties > C/C++ General > Paths and Symbols > References: check Quantlib (the Library Paths tab should now contain the entry '/Quantlib/Debug')
Build and run the BermudanSwaption executable project
QuantLib-1.7
OSX Yosemite 10.10.5
Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools Version: 8.8.0.201509131935
Xcode Version 7.1 (7B91b)
xcode-select version 2339.