Installing on Ubuntu 16.04

[wiggitamoo]

• Describe what you want to achieve.

I would like to install the nlohmann_json v3.7.0 and use it in a c++ project.

• Describe what you tried.

1. Download the zip file to my Ubuntu 16.04 machine.
2. Unzip the package
3. mkdir build
4. cd build
5. cmake ..
6. make
7. make install

In my CMakeLists.txt i added:

find_package(nlohmann_json 3.7.0 REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(configuration PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)

• Describe which system (OS, compiler) you are using.

Ubuntu 16.04
cmake version 3.5.2
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)

• Describe which version of the library you are using (release version, develop branch).

nlohmann_json v3.7.0

• Describe the problem

When I try to build I get the following error:

  Could not find a configuration file for package "nlohmann_json" that is
  compatible with requested version "3.7.0".

  The following configuration files were considered but not accepted:

    /usr/local/lib/cmake/nlohmann_json/nlohmann_jsonConfig.cmake, version: 3.7.0 (64bit)

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[AustinJia]

I have the same issue.
Looks like ubuntu 16.04 xenial can't install the nlohmann package

sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json-dev

always shows to me, can't locate the package

[danem]

@AustinJia apt packages an old version of json (2.1.1-1.1) that doesn't seem to support this method.

[olehskip]

sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json3-dev helped me

[anancds]

sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json3-dev helped me

i get an error:
Unable to locate package nlohmann-json3-dev

[Sheridan]

Unable to locate package nlohmann-json3-dev

repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa

[mstanton-impinj]

sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json3-dev worked for Ubuntu 20.04

[xeron56]

using vcpkg install nlohmann-json works on ubuntu 16.04