gcc version 4.8.5 20150623
I changed my .R/Makevars file to
CXX14FLAGS=-O3 -march=native -mtune=native -fPIC -std=c++1y CXX14=g++
and manually added the -std=c++1y
flag.
rstan compiled and installed successfully.
I found some additional details here:
https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/installing-rstan-in-rhel-with-std-c-11-flag/6217
Thanks!