Re: Could not launch the debugger

[hreba <hreba@terra.com.br>]

On 03/09/2014 10:47 AM, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> 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.
>

Did as suggested and it works now. Thanks a lot for the hint.

In fact with those comfortable package installation software and 
repositories you get used that everything works out of the box.