Gtest error while doing catkin_make --pkg sptam -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DSINGLE_THREAD=OFF -DSHOW_TRACKED_FRAMES=ON -DSHOW_PROFILING=ON -DPARALLELIZE=ON

[vaayroon]

Hi, i am new in ROS and i tried to run your sptam slam. I followed all the instructions as readme indicate. but when I try to to catkin_make --pkg sptam -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DSINGLE_THREAD=OFF -DSHOW_TRACKED_FRAMES=ON -DSHOW_PROFILING=ON -DPARALLELIZE=ON, I get an error:
I am working in ubuntu 16 and ROS Kinetic.
Thanks in advance for your reply.

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-- Found Intel Thread Building Blocks (TBB) library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtbb.so, assuming SuiteSparseQR was compiled with TBB.
-- Found TBB_MALLOC library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtbbmalloc.so
-- Found Intel Thread Building Blocks (TBB) Malloc library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtbbmalloc.so
-- Found SUITESPARSE_CONFIG headers in: /usr/include/suitesparse
-- Found SUITESPARSE_CONFIG library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsuitesparseconfig.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so
-- Found LIBRT library: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so
-- Adding librt: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so to SuiteSparse_config libraries (required on Linux & Unix [not OSX] if SuiteSparse is compiled with timing).
-- Did not find METIS library (optional SuiteSparse dependency)
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:148 (message):
Could NOT find GTest (missing: GTEST_LIBRARY GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:388 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
/usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindGTest.cmake:205 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
sptam/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt:4 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/kevinu/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/kevinu/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
Invoking "cmake" failed

[taihup]

Hi @vaayroon, please check the issues: #12 and #13 where other users faced the same problem.

However, I summarised it here:

Uninstall completely gtest.

Then, compile it from the scratch:

cd /usr/src/gtest/
sudo mkdir build
cd build
sudo cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON

Remove devel and build directory inside catkin workspace in order to recompile from the scratch S-PTAM.

[wanjh1024]

cd /usr/src/gtest/
sudo mkdir build
cd build
sudo cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
sudo make
sudo cp *.so /usr/lib/

[taihup]

Thanks @wanjh1024 for completing the answer. Closing the issue.