Json: 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.
• Download the zip file to my Ubuntu 16.04 machine.
• Unzip the package
• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake ..
• make
• 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.

[olegskip]

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