Debugger for linux (UBUNTU)

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I am having hard time finding or setting up debugger on my pc (Ubuntu). I have tried vs code but the setting up process is really messed up(task and launch json files) and I am very beginner programmer so I am not able to setup the debugger. If someone could help me out setting up vs code for debugging cpp files i would be really obliged. Thanks

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I have tried searching the web but found nothing useful.

Posted 13-Feb-21 6:46am

Siddharth Saurav - IIT [BHU]

Updated 13-Feb-21 7:40am

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2021-02-13T07:40:00

Solution 2

Maybe one of these: 11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Debuggers - LinuxLinks[^]

And here is a GNU Debugger Tutorial - Tutorialspoint[^]

Posted 13-Feb-21 7:40am

RickZeeland

Member 12982558 · Answer 2 · 2021-02-13T07:23:00

Solution 1

If we assume that you are using the GCC (G++) compiler suite on your ubuntu system gdb would be the obvious choice.

Did you search on the internet looking with keywords as Ubuntu, C++ and debuggers

Posted 13-Feb-21 7:23am

Member 12982558