Using cmake with cuda - c++

Question

I try to compile a C++ project that uses opencv and cuda (https://github.com/danielsuo/cuSIFT reset to commit 61d8a2e).
To compile the project I use cmake in the following ways:
Method 1
cmake .. && make -j3 demo
This gives me an error message saying
error -- unsupported GNU version! gcc versions later than 5 are not supported!
Method 2
So I set a different compiler for the build like that
CC=/usr/bin/gcc-5 CXX=/usr/bin/g++-5 cmake .. && make -j3 demo
which runs a few steps further but returns an error message during the linking step
[100%] Linking CXX executable demo
/usr/lib/libtbb.so.2: undefined reference to __cxa_init_primary_exception#CXXABI_1.3.11'
/usr/lib/libopencv_objdetect.so.3.2.0: undefined reference to std::thread::_State::~_State()#GLIBCXX_3.4.22'
/usr/lib/libopencv_objdetect.so.3.2.0: undefined reference to std::thread::_M_start_thread(std::unique_ptr<std::thread::_State, std::default_delete<std::thread::_State> >, void (*)())#GLIBCXX_3.4.22'
/usr/lib/libtbb.so.2: undefined reference to std::__exception_ptr::exception_ptr::exception_ptr(void*)#CXXABI_1.3.11'
/usr/lib/libopencv_objdetect.so.3.2.0: undefined reference to typeinfo for std::thread::_State#GLIBCXX_3.4.22'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/demo.dir/build.make:292: demo] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:105: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:112: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/rule] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:153: demo] Error 2
Method 3
And when I set the compiler like that
cmake .. -DCUDA_HOST_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc-5 && make -j3 demo
I also get an error message
[100%] Linking CXX executable demo
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/demo_generated_cuImage.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/demo_generated_cuSIFT.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/demo_generated_cuSIFT_H.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/extras/demo_generated_matching.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/extras/demo_generated_rigidTransform.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/extras/demo_generated_homography.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/extras/demo_generated_math_utils.cu.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/demo_intermediate_link.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `__nv_module_id' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/demo.dir/build.make:292: demo] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:105: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:112: CMakeFiles/demo.dir/rule] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:153: demo] Error 2
Does somebody know how to compile this project?