Installing Google Test

I will show you how to run Google Test on Linux. If you're not sure how to set up Linux on Windows, refer to the WSL2 setup guide.

First, install the necessary packages.

package	use
build-essential	Used for building C and C++
cmake	Used for building projects
lcov	Tool for displaying test coverage

On Ubuntu, you can install them with the following commands. Adjust the commands as needed depending on your Linux distribution.

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install lcov
sudo apt install cmake

Installing GoogleTest

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A package for GoogleTest, libgtest-dev, exists, but older versions do not include Google Mock. Therefore, it's recommended to clone the repository and build the source code directly.

Clone the source code:

git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git
cd googletest

Create a build directory:

mkdir build
cd build

Build using CMake:

cmake ..
make

Install the libraries into your system:

sudo make install

This will place the build binary libgmock.a, libgmock_main.a, libgtest.a, and libgtest_main.a in the /usr/local/lib folder, making GoogleTest and GoogleMock available for use.