Re: Could not launch the debugger

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

hreba <hreba@terra.com.br> writes:
> On 03/03/2014 05:46 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>> Le 02/03/2014 19:37, hreba a écrit :
>>> 2. Check whether the GNU debugger is in the path. Opening a terminal
>>> window and executing "gdb" invoked the debugger.
>> Make sure you have the right one.
>>
>> A common source of problems is that you have to use the gdb provided
>> with GNAT, but you often have another one installed. Make sure the GNAT
>> bin directory is first on the path.
>>
>
> Installed all packages of my Linux distribution with "gnat" in its
> name, but they contain no specific gdb:
>
> frank@office ~ $ find /usr -name gdb -executable \! -type d
> /usr/bin/gdb
> find: `/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/bimp-locale': Permission denied
>
> So it seems to be a bug of the package.

No, see https://bugs.debian.org/659166 (I am surprised that you could
not find the exact phrase "Could not launch the debugger" which is in
the title of this bug!)

The problem is that the gdb provided by package gdb does not work in the
console of GPS; you must install gdb-minimal instead, as gnat-gps
recommends.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.