Unit_Testing_for_Linux_Platform

Unit Testing for Linux Platform

This page discusses how to set up Google Test for Magic Lantern code targeting the Linux platform.

• Unit Testing for Linux Platform
  • Setting up Google Test
  • Executing libmlmath Tests
  • Google Test Resources

Setting up Google Test

Instructions for building and installing Google Test can be found in the README file (https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/README.md). The information in this wiki page supplements that document.

Make sure that 'git' is installed since the source will be retrieved from GitHub.

$ sudo apt-get install git

Retrieve the source:

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

Change your working directory to where you cloned the git repository and create the envrironment variable GTEST_DIR:

$ cd googletest
$ export GTEST_DIR=pwd/googletest
$ cd $GTEST_DIR

Build the Google Test library, libgtest.a:

$ cd $GTEST_DIR
$ g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} -pthread -c ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
$ ar -rv libgtest.a gtest-all.o

Executing libmlmath Tests

Google Test Resources

• GitHub project: https://github.com/google/googletest
• Google Test Primer: https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/Primer.md
• Google Test Advanced Documentation: https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/AdvancedGuide.md