ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘xgboost’

Question

I am using GCC 4.4.7 as follows:

gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

On a RHEL machine:

uname -a
Linux qalhdpap002 2.6.32-642.6.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Aug 25 12:42:19 EDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

When I install xgboost package, I get this error. Not sure how I can modify the make file to disable this setting. Any thoughts?

* installing *source* package ‘xgboost’ ...
** package ‘xgboost’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/Makevars
** libs
g++ -m64 -std=c++0x -I/usr/include/R -DNDEBUG -I./include -I./dmlc-core/include -I./rabit/include -I. -DXGBOOST_STRICT_R_MODE=1 -DDMLC_LOG_BEFORE_THROW=0 -DDMLC_ENABLE_STD_THREAD=0 -DDMLC_DISABLE_STDIN=1 -DDMLC_LOG_CUSTOMIZE=1 -DXGBOOST_CUSTOMIZE_LOGGER=1 -DRABIT_CUSTOMIZE_MSG_ -DRABIT_STRICT_CXX98_ -I/usr/local/include   -fopenmp  -fpic  -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -c xgboost_R.cc -o xgboost_R.o
In file included from ./dmlc-core/include/dmlc/logging.h:15,
                 from xgboost_R.cc:2:
./dmlc-core/include/dmlc/./base.h:71: note: #pragma message: Will need g++-4.6 or higher to compile allthe features in dmlc-core, compile without c++0x, some features may be disabled
xgboost_R.cc: In function ‘SEXPREC* XGBoosterSetAttr_R(SEXPREC*, SEXPREC*, SEXPREC*)’:
xgboost_R.cc:412: error: ‘nullptr’ was not declared in this scope
make: *** [xgboost_R.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘xgboost’

Specifically, how do I do this:

compile without c++0x

Answer 1

Assuming you're a root user with Admin Rights, hope the following steps help.

1. Install a package with repository for your system:

On CentOS, install package centos-release-scl available in CentOS repository:

$ sudo yum install centos-release-scl 

On RHEL, enable RHSCL repository for your system:

$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rhel-server-rhscl-6-rpms

2. Install the collection:

$ sudo yum install devtoolset-4 

3. Start using software collections:

$ scl enable devtoolset-4 bash

5. Install V8 RPMS:

$ sudo yum install v8 v8-devel

6. Add R modules:

$ sudo R
> install.packages("plotly")
> install.packages("forecast")
> install.packages("xgboost")
> q()