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In order to be able to debug any of your projects, you need to make sure a the IDE is correctly configured. | In order to be able to debug any of your projects, you need to make sure a the IDE is correctly configured. | ||
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** On windows it should be in a folder called "mingw\bin\" in the directory in which Lazarus is installed. | ** On windows it should be in a folder called "mingw\bin\" in the directory in which Lazarus is installed. | ||
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In order to debug your project, you need to tell the IDE to compile it in a special way, which provides additional information required by the debugger. | In order to debug your project, you need to tell the IDE to compile it in a special way, which provides additional information required by the debugger. | ||
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* [[GDB Debugger Tips]] | * [[GDB Debugger Tips]] | ||
[[Category:Debugging]] | [[Category:Debugging]] | ||
[[Category:Lazarus]] | [[Category:Lazarus]] | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 25 March 2012
Configure the IDE
In order to be able to debug any of your projects, you need to make sure a the IDE is correctly configured.
This settings do not usually change. You need to make them only once after you installed Lazarus, or if you changed/updated your installation
- Open the Lazarus option dialog
The image shows, where to find the option dialog in the Lazarus 0.9.31 and up. In previous versions the entry is in the "Environment" menu.
- Make sure, the option "Gnu debugger (GDB)" is selected.
- The path to the gdb.exe may differ.
- On unix based systems it may be something like "/usr/bin/gdb"
- On windows it should be in a folder called "mingw\bin\" in the directory in which Lazarus is installed.
Project Options
In order to debug your project, you need to tell the IDE to compile it in a special way, which provides additional information required by the debugger.
Please note: This will considerable increase the size of your executable (See FAQ). If you want to build a release version of your software you should switch those settings off (see also Build Modes)
The required settings can be made in the "Project Options" dialog:
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- You must enable the "Generate Debug Info for GDB"
- On Windows/Linux 32 bit it is highly recommended to use "Dwarf"
- On Windows/Linux 32 bit it is highly recommended to use "Dwarf"
- You must not use any of the following
- "Strip Symbols"
- "Link Smart"
- Any optimization other than "Level 1" (or "Level 0")
