There is no "make install" target in the Makefile generated by CMake

[linuxar]

Hi,

 I understand that the "libgtest0" package (http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/libgtest0), mainly containing the ligtest.a and libgtest_main.a files, is no longer available in Ubuntu 12.04, as you mentioned in the changelog (http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/g/gtest/gtest_1.6.0-1ubuntu4/changelog namely at 1.6.0-1ubuntu2) of the "libgtest-dev" package (http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libgtest-dev).

 I also understand that those librarues, namely libgtest and libgtest_main should be now built from the source, by the user. You install the sources in /usr/src/gtest/src and you also provide a CMakeLists.txt file into /usr/src/gtest

 However, please take into account the following:

 1. there is no specific guide about how to build the sources (cd /usr/src/gtest/src && cmake .. && make & cp libgtest*.* /usr/lib/)
 2. the above commands require admin rights (aka sudo), because the /usr/src is not writeable and the compiler cannot write its outputs therein
 3. there is no "make install" target in the (CMake-)generated Makefile, thus the need for the above manuale file copying
 4. the above commands are tedious to enter manually, after installing the package, so I suggest a script to be run during the installation and building and installing those libraries (if you insinst in not providing the libgtest0 package no more)
 5. making cmake package a dependency for the libgtest-dev/gtest package is overkill and, also, could disturb the average user

Thank you.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libgtest-dev 1.6.0-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 21:46:00 2012
Dependencies:

InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111208)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gtest
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jonas Grote (jfgrote+launchpad)]

Thanks for pointing out the workaround to this bug. I was quite surprised libgtest0 was removed without making sure that it will be created.

[linuxar (linuxar)]

Better one-liner:

pushd . && cd /usr/src/gtest/src && sudo cmake .. && sudo make && sudo cp libgtest*.* /usr/lib/ && popd

[Kai Mast (kai-mast)]

Still present in wily!

This seems like such an easy thing to fix...