如何使用自制软件在 Mac OS X 上安装 GTest？

Question

I'm trying to install gtest with my packet manager Home Brew but there is no repository for it. I tried to download gtest from code.google but I can't understand how to install it, because cmake and make don't solve the problem.

Answer 1

If you want the latest version without using Homebrew:

git clone https://github.com/google/googletest
cd googletest
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make install

Answer 2

I just installed gtest using cmake and make. I can show you how did I install Google Test manually. It's not complicated, just following the steps.

1. download the gtest file from https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.zip and unzip it.

cd googletest-release-1.8.0/googletest/
mkdir bld
cd bld
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11 ..
make
cp -a ../include/gtest /usr/local/include
cp -a *.a /usr/local/lib

3. delete the folder googletest-release-1.8.0 and release-1.8.0.zip

If you want to use google-test please use #include <gtest/gtest.h> .

If you want to use Google Test version 1.7.0, just download the release-1.7.0.zip and in the 2. step use cd googletest-release-1.7.0 instead of cd googletest-release-1.8.0/googletest/ . The rest steps are the same.

I added the flag -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11 to use cmake with c++11 .

Enjoy it!

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Updated version

Start from v1.8.0 gmock is included in the release file.

Here is the general steps for installing gtest and gmock in v1.8.0 - v1.10.0 . (Feel free to replace 1.10.0 with your desired version.)

# download release file and extract files from it
curl -LOk https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.10.0.tar.gz
tar -zxvf release-1.10.0.tar.gz
rm release-1.10.0.tar.gz

cd googletest-release-1.10.0/
mkdir build
cd build
# build gtest and gmock
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11 ..
make

# copy requisite c++ files and compiled files to correct directories
cp -a ../googletest/include/* /usr/local/include
cp -a ../googlemock/include/* /usr/local/include
find . -name "*.a" -exec cp -a {} /usr/local/lib \;

# clean
cd ../..
rm -r googletest-release-1.10.0

If you want to install only gtest not gmock , you can do the following:

1. remove the command cp -a ../googlemock/include/ /usr/local/include

2. replace

    find . -name "*.a" -exec cp -a {} /usr/local/lib \\;

   with

    find . -name "libgtest*.a" -exec cp -a {} /usr/local/lib \\;`

Answer 3

For the question 'Why there is no repository for it?' see related gtest FAQ question . But you can create formula by yourself if you want - see this post for the details (but don't sure if it will work for 1.6).

But I suggest you just install gtest: read the readme for the detailed instructions. There are few simple steps:
Download and extract sources to some directory gtest_dir .
Build object files:

g++ -I$gtest_dir/include -I$gtest_dir -c $gtest_dir/src/gtest-all.cc
g++ -I$gtest_dir/include -I$gtest_dir -c $gtest_dir/src/gtest_main.cc

Link:

ar -rv libgtest.a gtest-all.o
ar -rv libgtest_main.a gtest_main.o

Note : if you want to build gtest with support of C++11 and libc++ you need to do some extra work:

• patch gtest-port.h
• build using clang++ -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ instead of g++

Answer 4

你可以使用这个：

brew install --HEAD https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Kronuz/96ac10fbd8472eb1e7566d740c4034f8/raw/gtest.rb

Answer 5

This is an alternative solution for slund 's answer. cmake .. didn't work for me.

cd desktop
git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git
cd googletest
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="c++" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++" ../
make
sudo make install

Answer 6

Latest Homebrew does no longer support installation from GitHub Gists, so @Kronuz's solution no longer works. Here's the error:

Error: Calling Non-checksummed download of gtest formula file from an arbitrary URL is disabled! Use 'brew extract' or 'brew create' and 'brew tap-new' to create a formula file in a tap on GitHub instead.

GoogleTest can now be installed with the following command:

brew install web-eid/gtest/gtest

The underlying repository is based on @Kronuz's gist, thanks @Kronuz's for creating the gist!

Answer 7

The ROS repo ( http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic/Installation/OSX/Homebrew/Source ) has gtest:

brew tap ros/deps
brew instal gtest

Answer 8

Homebrew 公式： brew install googletest

Answer 9

If you want to install it from sources the simplest way is as follows

git clone https://github.com/google/googletest
cd googletest
cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release 
make install