gdb

Summary

• Module Name: gdb

• Support Level: Secondary Support

• Software Access Level: Open Access

• Home Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/

Software Description

gdb - The GNU Debugger. It allows you to debug programs written in C, C++, FORTRAN, and Modula-2.

General Linux

Compile your source code with the -g flag. You can run gdb with no arguments or options. However the most common way to start gdb is with one or two arguments specifying an executable program and core dump as arguments. For example

gdb a.out

or

gdb a.out core