Debugging without graphical environment

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drjmschmitz · #1 Post by **drjmschmitz** » 2006-06-13 10:46

Hi, I am experienced in C, but a beginner in Linux and just started working with gcc on a sarge debian installation.
My question is : is there a debugger, working in the console (text screen) environment ? I cannot use any desktop, KDE or Gnome or something like that, because until now, I did not manage to get it working (mouse problems ). Is there any tool (beneath ddd or how it is called...) to debug the source code in the text screen ?

thanx, Jörg

lacek · #2 Post by **lacek** » 2006-06-13 13:50

gdb is your friend. It is a console debugger, driven by a command-line. To my knowledge, ddd uses gdb as a backend.
See the gdb documentation for usage details. Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :-)

drjmschmitz · #3 Post by **drjmschmitz** » 2006-06-13 14:30

Hey great, thanx for the reply ! Thats exactly what I was looking for !

lorebett · #4 Post by **lorebett** » 2006-09-29 17:08

gdb works from within Emacs, and this makes it a little bit easier to use