= Installing the Google C++ Testing Framework (gtest) = '''Step 1:''' Change into the temporary directory, for example: {{{ cd /tmp }}} '''Step 2:''' Download the latest (major) version from https://github.com/google/googletest/releases, for example: {{{ wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.zip }}} '''Step 2:''' Unpack the archive, change to the corresponding directory and build the code from its source (this requires ''cmake''): {{{ unzip release-1.8.0.zip cd googletest-release-1.8.0/googletest mkdir bld cd bld cmake .. make }}} '''Step 3:''' Install the files, that is, copy them to the proper systems directories (you need to be root or have sudo rights for that): {{{ cp -a -r ../include/gtest /usr/local/include/. cp -a *.a /usr/local/lib }}} '''(optional) Step 4:''' If the library is (still) not found by the compiler, you can run (as root or with sudo): {{{ ldconfig }}} '''(optional) Step 5:''' Clean up: {{{ cd /tmp rm -rf release-1.8.0.zip googletest-release-1.8.0 }}}