Updated GCC 10.x to 11.x in CI tests

.github/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 * Upgrade Kokkos and Kokkos Kernels to 3.7.00, and improve sparse matrix-vector multiplication performance and memory usage.
 [(#361)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/361)
 
+* Update gcc and g++ 10.x to 11.x in CI tests. This update brings improved support for newer C++ features.
+[(#370)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/370)
+
 ### Documentation
 
 ### Bug fixes
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
 
-Amintor Dusko, Chae-Yeun Park, Shuli Shu
+Amintor Dusko, Chae-Yeun Park, Monit Sharma, Shuli Shu
 
 ---
 

.github/workflows/tests_linux.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ env:
   TF_VERSION: 2.10.0
   TORCH_VERSION: 1.11.0+cpu
   COVERAGE_FLAGS: "--cov=pennylane_lightning --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --no-flaky-report -p no:warnings --tb=native"
-  GCC_VERSION: 10
+  GCC_VERSION: 11
   OMP_NUM_THREADS: "2"
 
 jobs:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10 ninja-build gcovr lcov
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11 ninja-build gcovr lcov
 
       - name: Build and run unit tests
         run: |
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11
 
       - name: Get required Python packages
         run: |
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10 libopenblas-dev ninja-build gcovr lcov
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11 libopenblas-dev ninja-build gcovr lcov
 
       - name: Build and run unit tests
         run: |
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.7'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10 libopenblas-dev
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11 libopenblas-dev
 
       - name: Get required Python packages
         run: |
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -rf ${{ github.workspace}}/Kokkos_install/${{ matrix.exec_model }}/* Kokkos/
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10 ninja-build gcovr lcov
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11 ninja-build gcovr lcov
 
       - name: Build and run unit tests
         run: |
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ jobs:
           pwd
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11
 
       - name: Get required Python packages
         run: |
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -rf ${{ github.workspace}}/Kokkos_install/${{ matrix.exec_model }}/* Kokkos/
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10 libopenblas-dev ninja-build gcovr lcov
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11 libopenblas-dev ninja-build gcovr lcov
 
       - name: Build and run unit tests
         run: |
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ jobs:
           pwd
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-10 g++-10 libopenblas-dev
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc-11 g++-11 libopenblas-dev
 
       - name: Get required Python packages
         run: |

pennylane_lightning/_version.py

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.27.0-dev8"
+__version__ = "0.27.0-dev9"