Specify external library for linux from Visual Stu

Question

I'm developing linux(ubuntu) c++ project from Visual Studio 2017. I want to integrate googletest into my code. I have installed googletest and run test example according following tutorial. Everything works fine when I run it from bash terminal using cmake.

Now I need to run it using VS. For that I need to specify path to /usr/lib/libgtest.a from VS. I added /usr/lib into Linker->General->Additional Library Directories and added libgtest.a into Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies. But compiler still cannot link the library:

g++: error: libgtest.a: No such file or directory

Answer 1

Try Configuration Properties -> Linker->Input->Library Dependencies with "gtest". Note: libgtest.a must in standard location so linker can search.

Answer 2

Try omit "lib" and ".a" from the file name as these portions of the filename seem to be added by the linker itself. In your case you would reference "gtest".