%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ gdb-&gdb-version; gdb Introduction to gdb GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going on `inside' another program while it executes -- or what another program was doing at the moment it crashed. &lfs70_built; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gdb-md5sum; Download size: &gdb-size; Estimated disk space required: &gdb-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gdb-time; User Notes: Installation of gdb Install gdb by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-werror && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make -C gdb install Command Explanations --disable-werror: Recent versions of gcc generate warnings for a lot more possible errors. Because the Makefile uses the -Werror switch by default (to treat warnings as errors), this override is needed to allow the package to compile. Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories gdb, gdbserver, and gdbtui libinproctrace.so /usr/share/gdb/{python/gdb/command,syscalls} Short Descriptions gdb is the GNU Debugger. gdb-prog gdbserver is a remote server for the GNU debugger (it allows programs to be debugged from a different machine). gdbserver gdbtui is a text user interface for gdb. gdbtui