gdb help

gdb help

[Rob_K]

Hi guys, 

I am fairly new to programming and emacs, but I like it as an editor.
However, I have come to the point where I need to start using a debugger,
but gdb does not seem to be working. I keep getting the message "no such
file or directory" when I start to use it. 

Does emacs come with gdb natively, or do I have to install it separately? I
have tried searching for this, but to no avail.

I am using:
Emacs Version 24.3 (9.0) 
Mac OSX Mavericks.

any help on this would be much appreciated.
Kind regards

Rob



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Re: gdb help

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 05:20:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rob_K <psycho.dynamics@gmail.com>
> 
> I am fairly new to programming and emacs, but I like it as an editor.
> However, I have come to the point where I need to start using a debugger,
> but gdb does not seem to be working. I keep getting the message "no such
> file or directory" when I start to use it. 
> 
> Does emacs come with gdb natively, or do I have to install it separately? I
> have tried searching for this, but to no avail.

GDB is a separate package, you need to install it.  Emacs provides a
front-end for GDB, but it will not work until you install GDB the
program.

Re: gdb help

[Dan Espen]

Rob_K <psycho.dynamics@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi guys, 
>
> I am fairly new to programming and emacs, but I like it as an editor.
> However, I have come to the point where I need to start using a debugger,
> but gdb does not seem to be working. I keep getting the message "no such
> file or directory" when I start to use it. 
>
> Does emacs come with gdb natively, or do I have to install it separately? I
> have tried searching for this, but to no avail.
>
> I am using:
> Emacs Version 24.3 (9.0) 
> Mac OSX Mavericks.

gdb is a separate package.

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Dan Espen