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So I have just installed codelite on Ubuntu trusty (14.04) x64

Everything seems to be working fine but when I try to run the debugger I get the error in the question title and it just stops there and does nothing. I have searched far and wide and can't find a solution to this issue.

I did see this post, but it is related to windows not Linux.

I have tried the following:

apt-get install gdb

apt-get install codelite-dbg

ls /usr/bin/ | grep gdb
gdb
gdbtui
gdbus
gdbus-codegen

chmod ug+s /usr/bin/gdb
ls -l /usr/bin/ | grep gdb
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root   root       5720256 Oct 30 14:47 gdb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root           126 Oct 30 14:47 gdbtui
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root         35688 Apr  3  2014 gdbus

still getting the error and not sure what to do. The file is clearly there and executable by everybody.

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Mel0n
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  • making gdb be setuid-binary is a *really bad idea*. You've completely compromised your system. As far as your original problem, run codelight under `strace -f` and see what it does (and update your question with a relevant `strace` snippet). – Employed Russian Feb 13 '15 at 04:53
  • I have reverted the file to -rwxr-xr-x, I was just demonstrating that it was something I tried, I had no intentions of leaving it like that. Thanks though, its still good advice. – Mel0n Feb 13 '15 at 13:58

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If you are using CodeLite 7.0 there was a bug introduced with the auto tools detection (which was fixed in git master).

The problem is that the gdb path contained an extra space /usr/bin/gdb at the end

To fix this, remove the extra space and the problem will go away, from: Settings->Build Settings->Compilers->You Compiler Name->Tools tab->Gdb

Eran

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  • Yes that was the problem, I cant believe I couldn't find information on that anywhere. Hopefully if somebody else has that issue they will find this. Would upvote but not enough rep, so thanks. – Mel0n Feb 13 '15 at 13:56
  • @Mel0n Note that you should have clearly seen that extra space in strace output. – Employed Russian Feb 13 '15 at 15:03
  • @CandyChiu sorry for the question, but do you have gdb installed? Another solution will be to manually select gdb from `Settings->Build Settings->Compilers->You Compiler Name->Tools tab->Gdb` – Eran May 07 '15 at 17:11
  • @Eran I have MinGW in the path, which contains gdb.exe. Is that good enough? – Candy Chiu May 07 '15 at 18:21
  • @CandyChiu If it was, we would not have this conversation on stackoverflow ;) Can you try with the weekly build for Windows? It can be found on the same download page: http://downloads.codelite.org/ it should contain a fix for gdb – Eran May 08 '15 at 07:54
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I hadn't such a problem on Linux, but had it on Windows with Codelite 8.2.1. after having tried several paths in Settings/gdb Settings/General and in Settings->Build Settings->Compilers->You Compiler Name->Tools tab->Gdb, I just removed double quotes from this latest path, and it worked.

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  • Totally nailed it for me on version 9.0.4 in Win10. thanks for saving me a ton of time and frustration. Anybody submit a bug report to the Codelite folks? – zipzit Nov 24 '15 at 06:00
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I had that problem on Windows 10 with Codelite. For me GDB path was empty in Settings->Build Settings->Compilers->You Compiler Name->Tools tab->Gdb, Though I had MinGW installed in my system so i added my own path in "" and it worked.

My Path : "C:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks/MinGW/bin/gdb32.exe"

But as i have seen some solution where the gdb path contained an extra space /usr/bin/gdb at the end.

Download MinGW for windows from here!

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