CMake cannot find GoogleTest required library in Ubuntu

Question

Similar issue here.

This is my CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

# Locate GTest
find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
include_directories($         


        

Answer 1

Google test was probably not properly installed (libgtest-dev may install only source files that needed to be compiled). I had the same problem and I followed the instructions from http://www.eriksmistad.no/getting-started-with-google-test-on-ubuntu/

sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev
sudo apt-get install cmake # install cmake
cd /usr/src/gtest
sudo cmake CMakeLists.txt
sudo make

#copy or symlink libgtest.a and libgtest_main.a to your /usr/lib folder
sudo cp *.a /usr/lib

This worked for me.