Error: LAMMPS requires a C++11 or later complaint compiler. Enable C++ compatilibity or upgrade the compiler

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Hello There,

My name is Michael, I am trying to install lammps with openkim in a Cloud VM, that operates with Ubuntu 18.04.

I followed the steps here : Installing KIM package in LAMMPS - #4 by relliott
but when I run “make serial”, I get the error

…/lmptype.h:34:2: error: #error LAMMPS requires a C++11 (or later) compliant compiler. Enable C++11 compatibility or upgrade the compiler.
#error LAMMPS requires a C++11 (or later) compliant compiler. Enable C++11 compatibility or upgrade the compiler.
^

Please does anyone have the solution for this

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How about reading the documentation?
https://docs.lammps.org/latest/Build_make.html

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BTW: The information you provide must be incorrect. Ubuntu 18.04 ships with GCC 7.5 which does support C++11 by default and thus would not require any modifications of the serial (or other) makefile and would not produce the error message you see.

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Perhaps this is the key piece of info you need?

https://docs.lammps.org/Build_settings.html#cxx11

Ryan

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Thank you @akohlmey , I further investigated the VM and found out it was actually running 16.04, I have upgraded it , and it installs properly, Thanks!

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Thank Ryan, I opted to upgrade my complier. Thanks!