gdbgui is a package in the Python Package Index (pyPI) and can be installed using pip, the recommended tool for installing Python packages. It is installed like any other python package.
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- gdb (gnu debugger)
- Python 3.4+ (recommended) or 2.7
- pip version 8 or higher
sudo apt-get install gdb python3
sudo python3 -m pip install pip --upgradebrew install python3
brew install gdb --with-python --with-all-targets
macOS users must also codesign gdb: follow these
instructions. This will fix the error
please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8).
Windows only works with cygwin. When
installing cygwin, add the following cygwin packages: python3,
python3-pip, python3-devel, gdb, gcc-core, and gcc-g++ cygwin. Then run
pip install gdbgui --upgrade
A virtualenv sandboxes python packages, which guarantees there will be no installation conflicts.
Setup a new virtualenv:
pip install virtualenv # run as sudo if this fails
virtualenv venv -p python3 # creates a virtual env named "venv"
source venv/bin/activate # activates the virtualenv sandbox
pip install pip --upgrade # make sure pip is at the latest versionthen install gdbgui:
pip install gdbgui --upgradepython3 -m pip install gdbgui --upgrade # run as sudo if this fails
pip3 install gdbgui --upgrade
pip3 install gdbgui --upgrade
git clone https://github.com/cs01/gdbgui
cd gdbgui
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt # run as sudo if this fails
python3 gdbgui/backend.pyWhen installation is finished, type gdbgui from the command line to run it. See the homepage for more details, or run gdbgui -h.