Installing GTest for Linux

GoogleTest is a framework based on the xUnit architecture. This framework is to write test for C++ code and valid for the most common platforms. Installation

CMake

To build and install goolge test library, first, we must install cmake in our development environment.

• Before installing, it is a good practice to update the package list:

sudo apt-get update

• Use the following command to install it:

sudo apt-get install cmake

GoogleTest

Now, continue installing GTest from the official repositories.

• Download the code:

sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev

• Go to the code folder

cd /usr/src/gtest

• Configure and build the library:

sudo cmake CmakeLists.txt
sudo make

• Copy some files to required folder for use with Tonatiuh:

sudo cp lib/libgtest*.a /usr/lib
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/gtest
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtest.a /usr/local/lib/gtest/libgtest.a
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtest_main.a /usr/local/lib/gtest/libgtest_main.a

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