| ### Generic Build Instructions ### | |
| #### Setup #### | |
| To build Google Test and your tests that use it, you need to tell your | |
| build system where to find its headers and source files. The exact | |
| way to do it depends on which build system you use, and is usually | |
| straightforward. | |
| #### Build #### | |
| Suppose you put Google Test in directory `${GTEST_DIR}`. To build it, | |
| create a library build target (or a project as called by Visual Studio | |
| and Xcode) to compile | |
| ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc | |
| with `${GTEST_DIR}/include` in the system header search path and `${GTEST_DIR}` | |
| in the normal header search path. Assuming a Linux-like system and gcc, | |
| something like the following will do: | |
| g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} \ | |
| -pthread -c ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc | |
| ar -rv libgtest.a gtest-all.o | |
| (We need `-pthread` as Google Test uses threads.) | |
| Next, you should compile your test source file with | |
| `${GTEST_DIR}/include` in the system header search path, and link it | |
| with gtest and any other necessary libraries: | |
| g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -pthread path/to/your_test.cc libgtest.a \ | |
| -o your_test | |
| As an example, the make/ directory contains a Makefile that you can | |
| use to build Google Test on systems where GNU make is available | |
| (e.g. Linux, Mac OS X, and Cygwin). It doesn't try to build Google | |
| Test's own tests. Instead, it just builds the Google Test library and | |
| a sample test. You can use it as a starting point for your own build | |
| script. | |
| If the default settings are correct for your environment, the | |
| following commands should succeed: | |
| cd ${GTEST_DIR}/make | |
| make | |
| ./sample1_unittest | |
| If you see errors, try to tweak the contents of `make/Makefile` to make | |
| them go away. There are instructions in `make/Makefile` on how to do | |
| it. | |
| ### Using CMake ### | |
| Google Test comes with a CMake build script ( | |
| [CMakeLists.txt](CMakeLists.txt)) that can be used on a wide range of platforms ("C" stands for | |
| cross-platform.). If you don't have CMake installed already, you can | |
| download it for free from <http://www.cmake.org/>. | |
| CMake works by generating native makefiles or build projects that can | |
| be used in the compiler environment of your choice. The typical | |
| workflow starts with: | |
| mkdir mybuild # Create a directory to hold the build output. | |
| cd mybuild | |
| cmake ${GTEST_DIR} # Generate native build scripts. | |
| If you want to build Google Test's samples, you should replace the | |
| last command with | |
| cmake -Dgtest_build_samples=ON ${GTEST_DIR} | |
| If you are on a \*nix system, you should now see a Makefile in the | |
| current directory. Just type 'make' to build gtest. | |
| If you use Windows and have Visual Studio installed, a `gtest.sln` file | |
| and several `.vcproj` files will be created. You can then build them | |
| using Visual Studio. | |
| On Mac OS X with Xcode installed, a `.xcodeproj` file will be generated. | |
| ### Legacy Build Scripts ### | |
| Before settling on CMake, we have been providing hand-maintained build | |
| projects/scripts for Visual Studio, Xcode, and Autotools. While we | |
| continue to provide them for convenience, they are not actively | |
| maintained any more. We highly recommend that you follow the | |
| instructions in the previous two sections to integrate Google Test | |
| with your existing build system. | |
| If you still need to use the legacy build scripts, here's how: | |
| The msvc\ folder contains two solutions with Visual C++ projects. | |
| Open the `gtest.sln` or `gtest-md.sln` file using Visual Studio, and you | |
| are ready to build Google Test the same way you build any Visual | |
| Studio project. Files that have names ending with -md use DLL | |
| versions of Microsoft runtime libraries (the /MD or the /MDd compiler | |
| option). Files without that suffix use static versions of the runtime | |
| libraries (the /MT or the /MTd option). Please note that one must use | |
| the same option to compile both gtest and the test code. If you use | |
| Visual Studio 2005 or above, we recommend the -md version as /MD is | |
| the default for new projects in these versions of Visual Studio. | |
| On Mac OS X, open the `gtest.xcodeproj` in the `xcode/` folder using | |
| Xcode. Build the "gtest" target. The universal binary framework will | |
| end up in your selected build directory (selected in the Xcode | |
| "Preferences..." -> "Building" pane and defaults to xcode/build). | |
| Alternatively, at the command line, enter: | |
| xcodebuild | |
| This will build the "Release" configuration of gtest.framework in your | |
| default build location. See the "xcodebuild" man page for more | |
| information about building different configurations and building in | |
| different locations. | |
| If you wish to use the Google Test Xcode project with Xcode 4.x and | |
| above, you need to either: | |
| * update the SDK configuration options in xcode/Config/General.xconfig. | |
| Comment options `SDKROOT`, `MACOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`, and `GCC_VERSION`. If | |
| you choose this route you lose the ability to target earlier versions | |
| of MacOS X. | |
| * Install an SDK for an earlier version. This doesn't appear to be | |
| supported by Apple, but has been reported to work | |
| (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5378518). | |
| ### Tweaking Google Test ### | |
| Google Test can be used in diverse environments. The default | |
| configuration may not work (or may not work well) out of the box in | |
| some environments. However, you can easily tweak Google Test by | |
| defining control macros on the compiler command line. Generally, | |
| these macros are named like `GTEST_XYZ` and you define them to either 1 | |
| or 0 to enable or disable a certain feature. | |
| We list the most frequently used macros below. For a complete list, | |
| see file [include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h](include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h). | |
| ### Choosing a TR1 Tuple Library ### | |
| Some Google Test features require the C++ Technical Report 1 (TR1) | |
| tuple library, which is not yet available with all compilers. The | |
| good news is that Google Test implements a subset of TR1 tuple that's | |
| enough for its own need, and will automatically use this when the | |
| compiler doesn't provide TR1 tuple. | |
| Usually you don't need to care about which tuple library Google Test | |
| uses. However, if your project already uses TR1 tuple, you need to | |
| tell Google Test to use the same TR1 tuple library the rest of your | |
| project uses, or the two tuple implementations will clash. To do | |
| that, add | |
| -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=0 | |
| to the compiler flags while compiling Google Test and your tests. If | |
| you want to force Google Test to use its own tuple library, just add | |
| -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 | |
| to the compiler flags instead. | |
| If you don't want Google Test to use tuple at all, add | |
| -DGTEST_HAS_TR1_TUPLE=0 | |
| and all features using tuple will be disabled. | |
| ### Multi-threaded Tests ### | |
| Google Test is thread-safe where the pthread library is available. | |
| After `#include "gtest/gtest.h"`, you can check the `GTEST_IS_THREADSAFE` | |
| macro to see whether this is the case (yes if the macro is `#defined` to | |
| 1, no if it's undefined.). | |
| If Google Test doesn't correctly detect whether pthread is available | |
| in your environment, you can force it with | |
| -DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=1 | |
| or | |
| -DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0 | |
| When Google Test uses pthread, you may need to add flags to your | |
| compiler and/or linker to select the pthread library, or you'll get | |
| link errors. If you use the CMake script or the deprecated Autotools | |
| script, this is taken care of for you. If you use your own build | |
| script, you'll need to read your compiler and linker's manual to | |
| figure out what flags to add. | |
| ### As a Shared Library (DLL) ### | |
| Google Test is compact, so most users can build and link it as a | |
| static library for the simplicity. You can choose to use Google Test | |
| as a shared library (known as a DLL on Windows) if you prefer. | |
| To compile *gtest* as a shared library, add | |
| -DGTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY=1 | |
| to the compiler flags. You'll also need to tell the linker to produce | |
| a shared library instead - consult your linker's manual for how to do | |
| it. | |
| To compile your *tests* that use the gtest shared library, add | |
| -DGTEST_LINKED_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY=1 | |
| to the compiler flags. | |
| Note: while the above steps aren't technically necessary today when | |
| using some compilers (e.g. GCC), they may become necessary in the | |
| future, if we decide to improve the speed of loading the library (see | |
| <http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility> for details). Therefore you are | |
| recommended to always add the above flags when using Google Test as a | |
| shared library. Otherwise a future release of Google Test may break | |
| your build script. | |
| ### Avoiding Macro Name Clashes ### | |
| In C++, macros don't obey namespaces. Therefore two libraries that | |
| both define a macro of the same name will clash if you `#include` both | |
| definitions. In case a Google Test macro clashes with another | |
| library, you can force Google Test to rename its macro to avoid the | |
| conflict. | |
| Specifically, if both Google Test and some other code define macro | |
| FOO, you can add | |
| -DGTEST_DONT_DEFINE_FOO=1 | |
| to the compiler flags to tell Google Test to change the macro's name | |
| from `FOO` to `GTEST_FOO`. Currently `FOO` can be `FAIL`, `SUCCEED`, | |
| or `TEST`. For example, with `-DGTEST_DONT_DEFINE_TEST=1`, you'll | |
| need to write | |
| GTEST_TEST(SomeTest, DoesThis) { ... } | |
| instead of | |
| TEST(SomeTest, DoesThis) { ... } | |
| in order to define a test. | |
| ## Developing Google Test ## | |
| This section discusses how to make your own changes to Google Test. | |
| ### Testing Google Test Itself ### | |
| To make sure your changes work as intended and don't break existing | |
| functionality, you'll want to compile and run Google Test's own tests. | |
| For that you can use CMake: | |
| mkdir mybuild | |
| cd mybuild | |
| cmake -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ${GTEST_DIR} | |
| Make sure you have Python installed, as some of Google Test's tests | |
| are written in Python. If the cmake command complains about not being | |
| able to find Python (`Could NOT find PythonInterp (missing: | |
| PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)`), try telling it explicitly where your Python | |
| executable can be found: | |
| cmake -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=path/to/python -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ${GTEST_DIR} | |
| Next, you can build Google Test and all of its own tests. On \*nix, | |
| this is usually done by 'make'. To run the tests, do | |
| make test | |
| All tests should pass. | |
| Normally you don't need to worry about regenerating the source files, | |
| unless you need to modify them. In that case, you should modify the | |
| corresponding .pump files instead and run the pump.py Python script to | |
| regenerate them. You can find pump.py in the [scripts/](scripts/) directory. | |
| Read the [Pump manual](docs/PumpManual.md) for how to use it. |