Installing Google Test 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

Details

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

CMake

To obtain CMake follow this link to go to the CMake webpage. Once you reach de webpage, download the latest binary version for Linux.

Python

If you nedd to download python, ho to python downloads web site. We need python 2.7 version.

GoogleTest

Finally we have to download google test library sources. Downlaod them from the GoogleTest web site, clicking on "gtest-1.5.0.tar.gz". Store the download file in your computer.

Once the sources file is on your PC, open a shell console. Navigate to your download directory and extract the archive by typing:

tar -xzvf gtest-version.tar.gz

For build the library type:

cd gtest-version
mkdir mybuild
cd mybuild
cmake -G"Unix Makefiles" ..
make

Now, to install the built library type:

cp -r ../include/gtest /usr/local/include
cp lib*.a /usr/local/lib

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