Before you go for installation, check if you already have gdb installed on your Unix system by issuing the following command −
$gdb -help
If GDB is installed, then it will display all the available options within your GDB. If GDB is not installed, then proceed for a fresh installation.
You can install GDB on your system by following the simple steps discussed below.
Step 1 − Make sure you have the prerequisites for installing gdb −
- An ANSI-compliant C compiler (gcc is recommended − note that gdb can debug codes generated by other compilers)
- 115 MB of free disk space is required on the partition on which you’re going to build gdb.
- 20 MB of free disk space is required on the partition on which you’re going to install gdb.
Step 2 − Use the following command to install gdb on linux machine.
$ sudo apt-get install libc6-dbg gdb valgrind
Step 3 − Now use the following command to find the help information.
$gdb -help
You now have gdb installed on your system and it is ready to use.