Install Google Test

gtest_build_install.txt

## unzip and go into googletest directory
➜  Downloads unzip googletest-master.zip 
Archive:  googletest-master.zip
aa148eb2b7f70ede0eb10de34b6254826bfb34f4
   creating: googletest-master/
  ...
  inflating: googletest-master/travis.sh  
➜  Downloads 
➜  Downloads ls
googletest-master  googletest-master.zip  pixman_0.30.2.orig.tar.gz  redis-3.2.0  redis-3.2.0.tar.gz
➜  Downloads mv googletest-master gtest-1.7
➜  Downloads ls
googletest-master.zip  gtest-1.7  pixman_0.30.2.orig.tar.gz  redis-3.2.0  redis-3.2.0.tar.gz
➜  Downloads cd gtest-1.7
➜  gtest-1.7 ls
appveyor.yml  CMakeLists.txt  googlemock  googletest  README.md  travis.sh
➜  gtest-1.7 cd googletest 
➜  googletest ls
build-aux  cmake           codegear      CONTRIBUTORS  include  m4    Makefile.am  README.md  scripts  test
CHANGES    CMakeLists.txt  configure.ac  docs          LICENSE  make  msvc         samples    src      xcode

## generate Makefile by using CMake
➜  googletest mkdir build
➜  googletest cd build
➜  build cmake -Dgtest_build_samples=ON -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ..
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.9.2
...
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/a/Downloads/gtest-1.7/googletest/build 
➜  build ls
CMakeCache.txt  CMakeFiles  cmake_install.cmake  CTestTestfile.cmake  Makefile

## build google test
➜  build make
Scanning dependencies of target gtest
[  1%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/gtest.dir/src/gtest-all.cc.o
Linking CXX static library libgtest.a
...
[100%] Built target sample9_unittest

## build google test cases
➜  build make test
Running tests...
Test project /home/a/Downloads/gtest-1.7/googletest/build
      Start  1: gtest-death-test_test
 1/41 Test  #1: gtest-death-test_test ..............   Passed    0.38 sec
      Start  2: gtest_environment_test
 ...
100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 41

Total Test time (real) =  11.55 sec
➜  build ls
CMakeCache.txt                      gtest_no_rtti_unittest          gtest_xml_outfile1_test_
...

## run a test case
➜  build ./sample1_unittest 
Running main() from gtest_main.cc
[==========] Running 6 tests from 2 test cases.
[----------] Global test environment set-up.
[----------] 3 tests from FactorialTest
...
[==========] 6 tests from 2 test cases ran. (0 ms total)
[  PASSED  ] 6 tests.

## find libgest.a
➜  build find . -name '*.a' -print
./libgtest_main_no_exception.a
./libgtest_main.a
./libgtest_no_exception.a
./libgtest_main_use_own_tuple.a
./libgtest.a
./libgtest_main_no_rtti.a

## install google test
➜  build sudo mkdir /usr/local/gtest
[sudo] password for a: 
➜  build sudo cp libgtest.a /usr/local/gtest
➜  build sudo ln -snf /usr/local/gtest/libgtest.a /usr/local/lib/libgtest.a
➜  build ls
➜  build cd ..
➜  googletest sudo cp -r include /usr/local/gtest
➜  googletest sudo ln -snf /usr/local/gtest/include/gtest /usr/local/include/gtest
➜  googletest ll /usr/local/include/gtest
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar  9 13:12 /usr/local/include/gtest -> /usr/local/gtest/include/gtest