GDBFrontend is an easy, flexible and extensionable gui debugger.
Installing
Deb Package (Debian / Ubuntu / KDE Neon)
You can install GDBFrontend via deb package for Debian-based distributions.
You can install it from following commands:
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://oguzhaneroglu.com/deb/ ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gdbfrontendYou can get upgrades with following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade gdbfrontendgdbfrontendRunning From GIT
You can download latest source and run it.
Requirements
- GDB => 8.2 (with python3)
- python3
- tmux
git clone https://github.com/rohanrhu/gdb-frontend.git gdb-frontend
cd gdb-frontend
./gdbfrontendhttp://127.0.0.1:5551/terminal/http://127.0.0.1:5551/tmux a -t gdb-frontendFlatpak
Flatpak package is a TODO.
./gdbfrontend$ gdbfrontend --help
GDBFrontend is a easy, flexible and extensionable gui debugger.
Options:
--help, -h: Shows this help message.
--version, -v: Shows version.
--gdb-executable=PATH, -g PATH: Specifies GDB executable path (Default is "gdb" command on PATH environment variable.)
--tmux-executable=PATH, -tmux PATH: Specifies Tmux executable path (Default is "tmux" command on PATH environment variable.)
--terminal-id=NAME, -t NAME: Specifies tmux terminal identifier name (Default is "gdb-frontend".)
--listen=IP, -l IP: Specifies listen address for HTTP and WS servers.
--port=PORT, -p PORT: Specifies port range for three ports to (Gotty: PORT, HTTP: PORT+1, WS: PORT+2).
--http-port=PORT: Specifies HTTP server port.
--server-port=PORT: Specifies WS server port.
--gotty-port=PORT: Specifies Gotty server port.
--readonly, -r: Makes code editor readonly. (Notice: This option is not related to security.)
--verbose, -V: Enables verbose output.Options
--help, -hShows help text.
--version, -vShows version.
--gdb-executable=PATH, -g PATHYou can specify GDB executable path like
gdbfrontend --gdb-executable=/path/to/gdb. (Optional)--tmux-executable=PATH, -tmux PATHYou can specify Tmux executable path like
gdbfrontend --tmux-executable=/path/to/tmux. (Optional)--terminal-id=PATH, -t PATHYou can specify Tmux terminal id like
gdbfrontend --terminal-id=terminal-name. (Default: gdb-frontend)--listen=IP, -l IPSpecifies listen address for HTTP and WS servers.
--port=PORT, -p PORTSpecifies port range for three ports to (Gotty: PORT, HTTP: PORT+1, WS: PORT+2).
--http-port=PORTSpecifies HTTP server port.
--server-port=PORTSpecifies WS server port.
--gotty-port=PORTSpecifies Gotty server port.
--readonly, -rMakes code editor readonly. (Notice: This option is not related to security.)
--verbose, -vEnables verbose output.
Troubleshooting
Zombie Processes
Sometimes GDB and gdb-frontend may not be closed correctly. In this case, you can terminate gdb-frontend shell.
tmux kill-session -t gdb-frontendGDB-Related Issues and Tips
- GDB does not give sources of linked object until stepping a line that calls a function from the linked object once. You can add break point a line and step it once, then you will see sources from linked object hereafter during the session.
Windows
In fact, gdb-frontend is able to run on Windows but there are some serious issues in the GDB's Windows version those avoid using gdb-frontend on Windows. Of course you can use gdb-frontend on WSL if you are using Windows 10.
Issues about Windows-GDB
- GDB's main-thread is being blocked during running process. (gdb-frontend has an interrupting mechanism to fixing this but it is not enough yet.)
- Windows-GDB's prompt is being blocked during running process and there are some issues about interrupting the application.
- Current release of Windows-GDB contains Python2. New GDB 9 have Python3 but it is not released yet.
WSL
You can use gdb-frontend on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
Documentation
Documentation is TODO yet.
API Documentation
API Documentation is TODO yet.
Plugin Development
You can read the Plugin Development Tutorial.
Contributing
You can contribute with commiting to project or developing a plugin. All commits are welcome.