How to install GTest on Mac OS X with homebrew?

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 frome code.google but i cannt understand how to install it, because cmake and make doesnt 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

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 3

You can use this:

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

Answer 4

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.
2. cd googletest-release-1.8.0/googletest/ mkdir bld cd bld cmake .. 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.

Enjoy it!