I have a trouble with `googletest` `libgtest a` while compil

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I have a trouble with `googletest` `libgtest a` while compiling osquery using qcreator on `4 9 0 9 amd64 1 SMP Debian 4 9 168 1 2019 04 12 x86 64 GNU Linux` It compiles with `make` though Have anyone experienced such problem I tried to install `googletest` and `libgtest dev` packages and ran `make deps` already ```17 13 40 Running steps for project OSQUERY 17 13 40 Starting usr local bin cmake build target all 1 Linking CXX static library libgtest a Error running link command No such file or directory third party googletest googlemock gtest CMakeFiles gtest dir build make 83 recipe for target third party googletest googlemock gtest libgtest a failed make 2 third party googletest googlemock gtest libgtest a Error 2 make 1 third party googletest googlemock gtest CMakeFiles gtest dir all Error 2 CMakeFiles Makefile2 369 recipe for target third party googletest googlemock gtest CMakeFiles gtest dir all failed Makefile 140 recipe for target all failed make all Error 2 17 13 40 The process usr local bin cmake exited with code 2 Error while building deploying project OSQUERY kit Desktop When executing step Make 17 13 40 Elapsed time 00 00 ```

ycpr · Answer

It took me quite a while to figure everything out and I m glad to share the solution now The main idea is to pass all the toolchain to the IDE One of the slack members made a post about preparing your IDE <https alessandrogar io post osquery development with qtcreator and clion > but it didn t work for me from the first try I was getting errors from linker unable to find `libc++` though I had the required flags set in qtcreator for the selected kit and compilers So I ended up editing CMakeLists a bit to pass this flags I changed ```set CXX STDLIB stdlib=libc++ ``` to ```set CXX STDLIB stdlib=libc++ L usr local osquery legacy lib L usr local osquery lib B usr local osquery legacy lib rtlib=compiler rt fuse ld=lld ``` It works just fine but i d like to know the way to compile osquery without messing with CMakeLists just by editing IDE parameters environment variables etc

Omer Nizri · Answer

Great post I ll try tomorrow to do the same thing for Visual Studio Code is there a difference

Stefano Bonicatti · Answer

< ycpr> what was the issue you were having One thing that I noticed is that when configuring the environment variables for the kit the double quotes around LDFLAGS value have to be removed

ycpr · Answer

Double quotes seem to be the problem for me as well I tried to remove them later but the LDFLAGS variable didn t change maybe I ve exported it by hand before

Stefano Bonicatti · Answer

I m not sure I follow does it work for you now Without changing the CMakeLists txt One thing to notice is that if you ve already configured the project once before removing the double quotes you need to either do Build gt Clear CMake Configuration or delete the build folder

Stefano Bonicatti · Answer

otherwise it will still pick up the wrong value

ycpr · Answer

Yes now it works fine without changing CMakeLists txt after cleaning CMake configuration in IDE The only problem were quotes in LDFLAGS environment variable thanks for the suggestion