Gtest: Undefined References
Solution 1
Your setup looks to be almost correct. However, you're needing to have 2 separate main
functions; one for the real executable Proj2
and another with the gtest includes and functions for the test executable unit-test
.
You could do this by having 2 different main.cpp files, say main.cpp and test_main.cpp. The one you've shown would be test_main.cpp, and would be included in the add_executable(unit-test ...
command.
Your new main.cpp would have no references to gtest, either includes or functions.
Solution 2
From linker errors it is obvious that you did not link gtest library to your test program.
See Primer:
To write a test program using Google Test, you need to compile Google Test into a library and link your test with it. ...
Just see this doc for details about your compiler and system.
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Updated on July 20, 2022Comments
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Vance almost 2 years
I am trying to use GoogleTest to test a simple function, but as I run
make
in my build folder, the compiler throwsUndefined Reference
error messages at me. I've referenced the gtest header file, so I'm not sure what is wrong. Any ideas? I'm new to the entire subject of both unix and unit testing , so I could very well be missing something simple. Thanks in advance!Error Messages:
CMakeFiles/Proj2.dir/main.cpp.o: In function `main': main.cpp:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `testing::InitGoogleTest(int*, char**)' main.cpp:(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()' main.cpp:(.text+0x2b): undefined reference to `testing::UnitTest::Run()' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
main.cpp
#include "gtest/gtest.h" int main(int argc, char **argv) { ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv); return RUN_ALL_TESTS(); }
Test.cpp
#include "gtest/gtest.h" #include "Testable.h" TEST(GetTwoTest, Two) { EXPECT_EQ(2, GetTwo()); }
Testable.cpp
#include "Testable.h" int GetTwo() { return 3; }
Here is my CMakeLists.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6) SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=gnu++11") #Turn on C++11 Support set(FILES_TO_TEST Testable.cpp) set(UNIT_TESTS Test.cpp) set(MAIN_FILE main.cpp) add_subdirectory(gtest) #Build all the gtest stuff include_directories(gtest/include) include_directories(.) add_library(codeToTest ${FILES_TO_TEST}) add_executable(Proj2 ${MAIN_FILE}) target_link_libraries(Proj2 codeToTest) add_executable(unit-test ${UNIT_TESTS}) target_link_libraries(unit-test gtest gtest_main rt pthread codeToTest)
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Mawg says reinstate Monica over 8 yearsNote that Google recommend that you DO NOT build a library, but instead include the GTest code into your project. See code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/…
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Vance over 11 yearsThanks for the help. I read over the link you provided, but it seemed to skip right over the details on correctly linking the gtest Library (since I'm not using an IDE). I used CMake to generate the build files, so that's where the linking should take place, no? I provided my CMakeLists.txt file for further clarification
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PiotrNycz over 11 yearsFollow this link: stackoverflow.com/questions/8507723/…
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Vance over 11 yearsThanks, that was my problem. I was using gtest_main in the CMakeLists file, so I just had to remove the gtest functions in my main.cpp.