Bash Script to install Google Test and Google Mock on Mac

Installing Google Test on Mac.md

Installing Google Test on Mac

One bash script to install google test (and mock) on your Mac. I assume you already had install cmake (if not, use brew - brew install cmake).

It use brew directories to store gmock and gtest.

gtest_installer.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Current directory
__THIS_DIR=$(pwd)


# Downloads the 1.8.0 to disc
function dl {
    printf "\n  Downloading Google Test Archive\n\n"
    curl -LO https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.tar.gz
    tar xf release-1.8.0.tar.gz
}

# Unpack and Build
function build {
    printf "\n  Building GTest and Gmock\n\n"
    cd googletest-release-1.8.0
    mkdir build 
    cd $_
    cmake -Dgtest_build_samples=OFF -Dgtest_build_tests=OFF ../
    make
}

# Install header files and library
function install {
    printf "\n  Installing GTest and Gmock\n\n"

    USR_LOCAL_INC="/usr/local/include"
    GTEST_DIR="/usr/local/Cellar/gtest/"
    GMOCK_DIR="/usr/local/Cellar/gmock/"

    mkdir $GTEST_DIR

    cp googlemock/gtest/*.a $GTEST_DIR
    cp -r ../googletest/include/gtest/  $GTEST_DIR
    ln -snf $GTEST_DIR $USR_LOCAL_INC/gtest
    ln -snf $USR_LOCAL_INC/gtest/libgtest.a /usr/local/lib/libgtest.a
    ln -snf $USR_LOCAL_INC/gtest/libgtest_main.a /usr/local/lib/libgtest_main.a

    mkdir $GMOCK_DIR
    cp googlemock/*.a   $GMOCK_DIR
    cp -r ../googlemock/include/gmock/  $GMOCK_DIR
    ln -snf $GMOCK_DIR $USR_LOCAL_INC/gmock
    ln -snf $USR_LOCAL_INC/gmock/libgmock.a /usr/local/lib/libgmock.a
    ln -snf $USR_LOCAL_INC/gmock/libgmock_main.a /usr/local/lib/libgmock_main.a
}

# Final Clean up.
function cleanup {
    printf "\n  Running Cleanup\n\n"

    cd $__THIS_DIR
    rm -rf $(pwd)/googletest-release-1.8.0
    unlink $(pwd)/release-1.8.0.tar.gz
}

dl && build && install && cleanup 

Usage

chmod +x ./gtest_installer.sh
sudo ./gtest_installer.sh

Test

#include "gtest/gtest.h"

TEST( ExampleTest, First ) {
  EXPECT_TRUE(  true );
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv); 
  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
}

clang++ -lgtest test.cpp -o  ./test -std=c++14 && ./test

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