IntelLabs · cwlacewe · Oct 22, 2025 · Oct 7, 2025 · Oct 8, 2025 · Oct 8, 2025
diff --git a/.github/coverage/cpp.develop.coverage_report.txt b/.github/coverage/cpp.develop.coverage_report.txt
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ src/VDMSConfig.cc                            230     215    93%   110-111,139-14
 src/VideoCommand.cc                          469     125    26%   51,54-55,57-59,61,63,66-67,69-70,73,75-77,79-81,83,85-88,90-91,93-94,96,98-100,103,110,112,117,122-125,131,133,159-160,166-167,169,180,183,200,212,216-219,226-228,230-232,238,240-246,248-249,252-254,256-258,260-261,263,265-277,279-281,283-284,295,299,324,328,330,332,334,336,339-340,342,345,349,351,356-357,379-380,382-383,386-391,393,395,397-398,404,406,435,448-453,455-462,466-472,474,479-484,487,489-490,493-495,503,508,526-529,532-536,552,555,557-559,562-564,566-567,569-573,576-577,580-582,584,586-588,591-594,598-603,608-609,611-612,614-618,621-623,625,627-629,631-634,637-638,641,643,648,661,663-670,674,677,680,685-686,688-692,695-696,698,700,702,705,709,711,713-716,718-720,723,725,727,729-730,732-733,737,742,745-746,748-750,752,754,756-758,760-761,764-766,770-773,777-781,785-789,793,796,798,800,802,804-808,812-816,819-820,822-825,828-831,836-837,841-846,850-851,854-855
 src/VideoLoop.cc                             250     217    86%   33,81,98-101,103-109,180,188,197,201,207,211,217,220,290,312,315,320-321,324-325,327,334-335,354,370
 utils/src/comm/ConnClient.cc                  69      57    82%   49,55,59-60,98,103,108,114,120,127,130,149
-utils/src/comm/Connection.cc                  82      62    75%   48-53,75,77-79,84,86,97,111,135,140,153,157,159,168
+utils/src/comm/Connection.cc                  82      61    74%   48-53,75,77-79,84,86,97,111,135,140,153,157,159,168,172
 utils/src/comm/ConnServer.cc                  61      49    80%   60,64,68,75,84,91,103,108,128,135,140,145
 utils/src/comm/Exception.cc                    6       0     0%   35-40
 utils/src/kubernetes/KubeHelper.cc           183      37    20%   23-30,32-35,37-49,51-54,56-65,68-79,81-90,96-99,101,103-105,107-110,112-118,120-125,127-143,146-154,156,158-161,163-165,167,177,183,198,204,206-218,231-238
 utils/src/stats/SystemStats.cc               250     249    99%   455
 utils/src/timers/TimerMap.cc                  82      74    90%   126,151,153,155-158,162
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-TOTAL                                      12491    8508    68%
+TOTAL                                      12491    8507    68%
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/.github/coverage/cpp.develop.coverage_value.txt b/.github/coverage/cpp.develop.coverage_value.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-68.113
+68.105
diff --git a/.github/requirements.txt b/.github/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ MarkupSafe==3.0.2
 numpy==1.26.4
 opencv-python-headless==4.11.0.86
 pillow==11.1.0
-protobuf==4.25.8
+protobuf==5.29.5
 pycparser==2.22
 Pygments==2.19.1
 pyzmq==26.4.0

diff --git a/.github/scripts/Dockerfile.checkin b/.github/scripts/Dockerfile.checkin
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV DEBCONF_NOWARNINGS="yes"
 ENV PYTHON_BASE="3.12"
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION="${PYTHON_BASE}.3"
-ENV PROTOBUF_VERSION="25.8"
+ENV PROTOBUF_VERSION="29.5"
 ENV NUMPY_MIN_VERSION="1.26.0"
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
 
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ ENV AUTOCONF_VERSION="2.71" \
     AWS_SDK_VERSION="1.11.336" \
     CMAKE_VERSION="v3.28.5"  \
     FAISS_VERSION="v1.9.0" \
+    GOOGLETEST_VERSION="4c9a3bb62bf3ba1f1010bf96f9c8ed767b363774" \
     LIBEDIT_VERSION="20230828-3.1" \
     OPENCV_VERSION="4.9.0" \
     PEG_VERSION="0.1.19" \
@@ -89,27 +90,25 @@ RUN git clone --branch ${CMAKE_VERSION} https://github.com/Kitware/CMake.git /de
         cd /dependencies/CMake && ./bootstrap && make ${BUILD_THREADS} && \
             make install DESTDIR=/opt/dist && make install
 
+# GOOGLETEST
+# hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
+RUN git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git /dependencies/googletest && \
+    cd /dependencies/googletest && git checkout "${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}" && \
+    mkdir build && cd build/ && \
+    cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
+        -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
+    make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install
+
 # PROTOBUF & ITS DEPENDENCIES
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
 RUN git clone -b "v${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" --recurse-submodules https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git /dependencies/protobuf && \
-        cd /dependencies/protobuf/third_party/googletest && mkdir build && cd build/ && \
-            cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-                -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
-                -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
-            make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install && \
-        cd /dependencies/protobuf/third_party/abseil-cpp && mkdir build && cd build && \
-            cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=ON \
-                -DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
-                -DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
-            make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install && ldconfig /opt/dist/usr/local/lib && \
         cd /dependencies/protobuf && \
-            cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
-                -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-                -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
-                -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
-                -Dabsl_DIR=/opt/dist/usr/local/lib/cmake/absl . && \
-            make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install
+        cmake -Dprotobuf_FORCE_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+            -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON . && \
+        make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install
 
 # OPENCV
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
@@ -150,8 +149,8 @@ RUN curl -L -O https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/refs/tags/${TILEDB_V
 
 # AUTOCONF VERSION FOR NEO4J
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
-RUN curl -O  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.xz && \
-        tar -xf autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.xz && cd autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION} && \
+RUN curl -L -O http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+        tar -xzf autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz && cd autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION} && \
         ./configure && make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install DESTDIR=/opt/dist && make install
 
 # LIB-OMNI FOR NEO4J QUERY HANDLER
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get --purge remove -y python3.11 && apt-get autoremove -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/all-libs.conf && ldconfig && \
-    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" \
+    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "protobuf==5.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" \
         "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 
 # COVERAGE TESTING

diff --git a/.github/scripts/setup_vdms.sh b/.github/scripts/setup_vdms.sh
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
 
 if [ "${BUILD_COVERAGE}" = "ON" ]; then
     apt-get install -y --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends gdb
-    python -m pip install --no-cache-dir "gcovr>=7.0"
+    python -m pip install --no-cache-dir "gcovr==8.4"
     curl -L -o ${WORKSPACE}/minio https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
     chmod +x ${WORKSPACE}/minio
     mkdir -p ${WORKSPACE}/minio_files/minio-bucket
@@ -194,11 +194,12 @@ AUTOCONF_VERSION="2.71"
 AWS_SDK_VERSION="1.11.336"
 CMAKE_VERSION="v3.28.5"
 FAISS_VERSION="v1.9.0"
+GOOGLETEST_VERSION="4c9a3bb62bf3ba1f1010bf96f9c8ed767b363774"
 LIBEDIT_VERSION="20230828-3.1"
 NUMPY_MIN_VERSION="1.26.0"
 OPENCV_VERSION="4.9.0"
 PEG_VERSION="0.1.19"
-PROTOBUF_VERSION="25.8"
+PROTOBUF_VERSION="29.5"
 TILEDB_VERSION="2.14.1"
 VALIJSON_VERSION="v0.6"
 
@@ -213,32 +214,25 @@ make ${BUILD_THREADS}
 make install
 
 
-# INSTALL PROTOBUF & ITS DEPENDENCIES
-git clone -b "v${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" --recurse-submodules https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
-cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf/third_party/googletest
+# GOOGLETEST
+git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/googletest
+cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/googletest
+git checkout "${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}"
 mkdir build && cd build/
 cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
     -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
 make ${BUILD_THREADS}
 make install
 
-cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf/third_party/abseil-cpp
-mkdir build && cd build
-cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=ON \
-    -DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
-    -DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
-make ${BUILD_THREADS}
-make install
-ldconfig /usr/local/lib
 
+# INSTALL PROTOBUF & ITS DEPENDENCIES
+git clone -b "v${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" --recurse-submodules https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
 cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
-cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+cmake -Dprotobuf_FORCE_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES=ON \
+    -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
-    -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
-    -Dabsl_DIR=/usr/local/lib/cmake/absl .
+    -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON .
 make ${BUILD_THREADS}
 make install
 
@@ -255,7 +249,7 @@ make install
 
 # INSTALL PYTHON PACKAGES
 python -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "coverage>=7.3.1" \
-    "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
+    "protobuf==5.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 
 
 # INSTALL VALIJSON

diff --git a/client/python/setup.py b/client/python/setup.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="vdms",
-    version="0.0.21",
+    version="0.0.22",
     author="Chaunté W. Lacewell",
     author_email="[email protected]",
     description="VDMS Client Module",
-    install_requires=["protobuf==4.25.8"],
+    install_requires=["protobuf==5.29.5"],
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/IntelLabs/vdms",

diff --git a/client/python/vdms/queryMessage_pb2.py b/client/python/vdms/queryMessage_pb2.py
diff --git a/docker/base/Dockerfile b/docker/base/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV DEBCONF_NOWARNINGS="yes"
 ENV PYTHON_BASE="3.12"
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION="${PYTHON_BASE}.3"
-ENV PROTOBUF_VERSION="25.8"
+ENV PROTOBUF_VERSION="29.5"
 ENV NUMPY_MIN_VERSION="1.26.0"
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
 
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ ENV AUTOCONF_VERSION="2.71" \
     AWS_SDK_VERSION="1.11.336" \
     CMAKE_VERSION="v3.28.5"  \
     FAISS_VERSION="v1.9.0" \
+    GOOGLETEST_VERSION="4c9a3bb62bf3ba1f1010bf96f9c8ed767b363774" \
     LIBEDIT_VERSION="20230828-3.1" \
     OPENCV_VERSION="4.9.0" \
     PEG_VERSION="0.1.19" \
@@ -89,27 +90,25 @@ RUN git clone --branch ${CMAKE_VERSION} https://github.com/Kitware/CMake.git /de
         cd /dependencies/CMake && ./bootstrap && make ${BUILD_THREADS} && \
             make install DESTDIR=/opt/dist && make install
 
+# GOOGLETEST
+# hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
+RUN git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git /dependencies/googletest && \
+    cd /dependencies/googletest && git checkout "${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}" && \
+    mkdir build && cd build/ && \
+    cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
+        -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
+    make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install
+
 # PROTOBUF & ITS DEPENDENCIES
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
 RUN git clone -b "v${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" --recurse-submodules https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git /dependencies/protobuf && \
-        cd /dependencies/protobuf/third_party/googletest && mkdir build && cd build/ && \
-            cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-                -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
-                -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
-            make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install && \
-        cd /dependencies/protobuf/third_party/abseil-cpp && mkdir build && cd build && \
-            cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=ON \
-                -DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
-                -DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 .. && \
-            make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install && ldconfig /opt/dist/usr/local/lib && \
         cd /dependencies/protobuf && \
-            cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
-                -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-                -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
-                -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
-                -Dabsl_DIR=/opt/dist/usr/local/lib/cmake/absl . && \
-            make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install
+        cmake -Dprotobuf_FORCE_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/dist/usr/local \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+            -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON . && \
+        make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install
 
 # OPENCV
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
@@ -150,8 +149,8 @@ RUN curl -L -O https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/refs/tags/${TILEDB_V
 
 # AUTOCONF VERSION FOR NEO4J
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003,SC2086
-RUN curl -O  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.xz && \
-        tar -xf autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.xz && cd autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION} && \
+RUN curl -L -O http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+        tar -xzf autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz && cd autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION} && \
         ./configure && make ${BUILD_THREADS} && make install DESTDIR=/opt/dist && make install
 
 # LIB-OMNI FOR NEO4J QUERY HANDLER
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get --purge remove -y python3.11 && apt-get autoremove -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/all-libs.conf && ldconfig && \
-    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" \
+    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=${NUMPY_MIN_VERSION},<2.0.0" "protobuf==5.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}" \
         "coverage>=7.3.1" "cryptography>=44.0.1"
 
 # VDMS

diff --git a/docs/Install.md b/docs/Install.md
@@ -105,38 +105,34 @@ sudo make install
 ```
 <br>
 
-#### **Protobuf v25.8 (4.25.8)**
-Install Protobuf (C++ and Python) which requires GoogleTest and Abseil C++ as dependencies.
+#### **GoogleTest**
+Install GoogleTest version used in Protobuf v29.5:
 ```bash
-PROTOBUF_VERSION="25.8"
-python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}"
-
-git clone -b v${PROTOBUF_VERSION} --recurse-submodules https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
-
-cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf/third_party/googletest
-mkdir build && cd build
+GOOGLETEST_VERSION="4c9a3bb62bf3ba1f1010bf96f9c8ed767b363774"
+git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/googletest && \
+cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/googletest
+git checkout "${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}"
+mkdir build && cd build/
 cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
     -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
 make ${BUILD_THREADS}
 sudo make install
+```
+<br>
 
-cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf/third_party/abseil-cpp
-mkdir build && cd build
-cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=ON \
-    -DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
-    -DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
-make ${BUILD_THREADS}
-sudo make install
-sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib
+#### **Protobuf v29.5 (5.29.5)**
+Install Protobuf (C++ and Python) with its dependencies.
+```bash
+PROTOBUF_VERSION="29.5"
+python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "protobuf==5.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}"
 
+git clone -b v${PROTOBUF_VERSION} --recurse-submodules https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
 cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
-cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+cmake -Dprotobuf_FORCE_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES=ON \
+    -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
-    -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
-    -Dabsl_DIR=/usr/local/lib/cmake/absl .
+    -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=ON .
 make ${BUILD_THREADS}
 sudo make install
 ```

diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ target_link_libraries(unit_tests
     ${OpenCV_LIBS}
     ${AWSSDK_LINK_LIBRARIES}
     neo4j-client
+    -lgtest
 )