The simplest way to configure Gtest in Macos

Download and install GTest

Pull the Github depository into your local disk:

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

Run the command cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG, if the outputs are as follows:

The C compiler identification is AppleClang 10.0.0.10001044
The CXX compiler identification is AppleClang 10.0.0.10001044

Then we are going to modify the original CMakeList.txt, the following contents should be added into the configure file:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)

# THIS HAS TO COME BEFORE THE PROJECT LINE
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.3.0/bin/gcc-8") # your gcc path
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.3.0/bin/g++-8") # your g++ path
# THIS HAS TO COME BEFORE THE PROJECT LINE

project(googletest-distribution)

After these operations, we can make and install GTest:

cmake .
make && sudo make install

The file libgets*.a, include will be included in /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include

The usage of GTest

Create a test file:

#include <gtest/gtest.h>

// Demonstrate some basic assertions.
TEST(HelloTest, BasicAssertions) {
  // Expect two strings not to be equal.
  EXPECT_STRNE("hello", "world");
  // Expect equality.
  EXPECT_EQ(7 * 6, 42);
}

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

You must include main function in your file.

Run the following comand to compile this file:

 g++ test.cpp -lgtest -lpthread -std=c++14 -o main

You must use -std=c++14 to compile your file.