the best C++ debugger on Unix/Linux platform?

Hi all, I am cramming and brushing up my C++ knowledge for an interview. I am used to MS Visual studio and its GUI debugger. But I want to be able to get familiar about doing C++ programming and debugging on Unix/Linux platform. And most of all, I have to review C++ in the shortest time and most efficiently. So a good debugger is the key. Can anybody recommend the best C++ debugger on Unix/Linux platform? Thanks a lot!

"Michael" <michael.monkey.in.the.jungle@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eekneb$eqt$1@news.Stanford.EDU... > Hi all, > > I am cramming and brushing up my C++ knowledge for an interview. I am used > to MS Visual studio and its GUI debugger. > > But I want to be able to get familiar about doing C++ programming and > debugging on Unix/Linux platform. > > And most of all, I have to review C++ in the shortest time and most > efficiently. So a good debugger is the key. > > Can anybody recommend the best C++ debugger on Unix/Linux platform? > > Thanks a lot! > Hi all, I guess I am also looking for an Integrated Development Environment in Unix/Linux which is similar to MS Visual Studio in windows platform ... I think IDE make working very efficient and enjoyable....

Michael wrote: > > But I want to be able to get familiar about doing C++ programming and > > debugging on Unix/Linux platform. > > You could check out http://www.valgrind.org/ Not really a debugger, per se, but it is an extremely powerful tool. > > > > Can anybody recommend the best C++ debugger on Unix/Linux platform? > > gdb (googling gdb will give you plenty) > > I guess I am also looking for an Integrated Development Environment in This is a personal issue. In other words, it depends on your taste. 1. Google: Linux IDE 2. Download and install a couple 3. Decide which best suits your needs.

"L7" <jesse.r.brown@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1158547006.190874.190090@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > > Michael wrote: >> > But I want to be able to get familiar about doing C++ programming and >> > debugging on Unix/Linux platform. >> > > > You could check out http://www.valgrind.org/ > Not really a debugger, per se, but it is an extremely powerful tool. > >> > >> > Can anybody recommend the best C++ debugger on Unix/Linux platform? >> > > > gdb (googling gdb will give you plenty) > >> >> I guess I am also looking for an Integrated Development Environment in > > This is a personal issue. In other words, it depends on your taste. > > 1. Google: Linux IDE > 2. Download and install a couple > 3. Decide which best suits your needs. > If I don't have a Linux PC and I only have Windows XP. And it is troublesome to use the school's Unix server because I have quota limit and don't have previlege for many things; Is there a way to install the Linux IDE or other debugger programs to help me efficiently debug C++ programs? I knew I can use gcc or g++ for compiling/linking, and I knew I can find many editors, but I am not sure about good debuggers...

Michael said: <snip> > If I don't have a Linux PC and I only have Windows XP. > > And it is troublesome to use the school's Unix server because I have quota > limit and don't have previlege for many things; > > Is there a way to install the Linux IDE or other debugger programs to help > me efficiently debug C++ programs? > > I knew I can use gcc or g++ for compiling/linking, and I knew I can find > many editors, but I am not sure about good debuggers... gdb is a fine debugger. Why not get yourself a Linux Live-CD? The idea of a Live-CD is that you can boot straight from it, without all that messing about with "installation". So let's say you're running XP and you have some temporarily overpowering reason for keeping it. Just stick the Linux Live-CD in the CD drive, and reboot. The machine will come up Linux. Play with a real OS to your heart's content. When you suddenly need a fix of Windows, remove the CD from the drive and reboot again. It's a great way for non-Linuxy people to try Linux out without trashing their Windows system. -- Richard Heathfield "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)

"Richard Heathfield" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:jZGdnSoGof1epZPYRVny2Q@bt.com... > Michael said: > > <snip> > >> If I don't have a Linux PC and I only have Windows XP. >> >> And it is troublesome to use the school's Unix server because I have >> quota >> limit and don't have previlege for many things; >> >> Is there a way to install the Linux IDE or other debugger programs to >> help >> me efficiently debug C++ programs? >> >> I knew I can use gcc or g++ for compiling/linking, and I knew I can find >> many editors, but I am not sure about good debuggers... > > gdb is a fine debugger. > > Why not get yourself a Linux Live-CD? The idea of a Live-CD is that you > can > boot straight from it, without all that messing about with "installation". > So let's say you're running XP and you have some temporarily overpowering > reason for keeping it. Just stick the Linux Live-CD in the CD drive, and > reboot. The machine will come up Linux. Play with a real OS to your > heart's > content. When you suddenly need a fix of Windows, remove the CD from the > drive and reboot again. > > It's a great way for non-Linuxy people to try Linux out without trashing > their Windows system. > > -- > Richard Heathfield > "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 > http://www.cpax.org.uk > email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously) Good idea, but what's inside that CD? KDE? or GNOME? Kdevelop?

"Michael" <michael.monkey.in.the.jungle@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eelbmr$lur$1@news.Stanford.EDU... > > "L7" <jesse.r.brown@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1158547006.190874.190090@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... >> >> Michael wrote: >>> > But I want to be able to get familiar about doing C++ programming and >>> > debugging on Unix/Linux platform. >>> > >> >> You could check out http://www.valgrind.org/ >> Not really a debugger, per se, but it is an extremely powerful tool. >> >>> > >>> > Can anybody recommend the best C++ debugger on Unix/Linux platform? >>> > >> >> gdb (googling gdb will give you plenty) >> >>> >>> I guess I am also looking for an Integrated Development Environment in >> >> This is a personal issue. In other words, it depends on your taste. >> >> 1. Google: Linux IDE >> 2. Download and install a couple >> 3. Decide which best suits your needs. >> > > If I don't have a Linux PC and I only have Windows XP. > > And it is troublesome to use the school's Unix server because I have quota > limit and don't have previlege for many things; > > Is there a way to install the Linux IDE or other debugger programs to help > me efficiently debug C++ programs? > > I knew I can use gcc or g++ for compiling/linking, and I knew I can find > many editors, but I am not sure about good debuggers... > Do those KDE, Kdevelop stuff work on Windows XP?

On 2006-09-18, Michael <michael.monkey.in.the.jungle@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Richard Heathfield" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:jZGdnSoGof1epZPYRVny2Q@bt.com... >> Michael said: >> >> <snip> >> >>> [snip] >>> Is there a way to install the Linux IDE or other debugger programs to >>> help >>> me efficiently debug C++ programs? >>> >>> I knew I can use gcc or g++ for compiling/linking, and I knew I can find >>> many editors, but I am not sure about good debuggers... >> >> [snip] >> >> Why not get yourself a Linux Live-CD? The idea of a Live-CD is that you >> can >> [snip] > > Good idea, but what's inside that CD? KDE? or GNOME? Kdevelop? Depends on the Live-CD. Knoppix is usually excellent (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html). It certainly has KDE, and I'm pretty sure GNOME as well. They have a DVD version too with even more stuff on it. I don't know if it has KDevelop or DDD (another graphical frontend to gdb), but quite likely. You can't run KDE or KDevelop on Windows XP. You can run command-line gcc and gdb in a cygwin shell, but that's not exactly an IDE.

Michael said: > > "Richard Heathfield" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:jZGdnSoGof1epZPYRVny2Q@bt.com... >> >> It's a great way for non-Linuxy people to try Linux out without trashing >> their Windows system. >> > Good idea, but what's inside that CD? KDE? or GNOME? Kdevelop? Depends on the distro, obviously. I have recently acquired a Kubuntu live-CD (I was silly enough to buy it on the cover of a magazine, instead of getting the Kubuntu guys to mail me a free copy). I haven't actually tried it yet because I'm already using SuSE Linux, but according to the mag it appears to be a fairly straight KDE-based distro. There are some snags, obviously, to a boot-from-CD OS, one of which is that it will lose any configuration changes you make with each reboot. But that's kind of the idea - you get to play harmlessly. Almost certainly worth a try, given that it won't cost you anything. -- Richard Heathfield "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)

Michael wrote: > I am cramming and brushing up my C++ knowledge for an interview. I am > used to MS Visual studio and its GUI debugger. > > But I want to be able to get familiar about doing C++ programming and > debugging on Unix/Linux platform. > > And most of all, I have to review C++ in the shortest time and most > efficiently. So a good debugger is the key. If you need experience with a debugger or IDE on a Unix system in order to boost your chances for the job, then presumably you need to find out which debugger/IDE will be needed for the job. Otherwise, if all you want is a good environment for "playing" as you brush-up on C++ then looking around for a new IDE on a new OS will just waste time -- you'd be better off sticking with what you are familar with so that you can focus on the essentials. And it's not as if MS Visual Studio (vile though it is) is any worse than the alternatives. If you also want to get some Unix/Linux experience, then that's fine; but sitting inside an IDE will not do that for you. I think that you'd be better off using make/gcc from the command line as a way to learn more Unix-y stuff, and do your more active experimentation with C++ in the environment you already know. -- chris

Michael wrote: > I guess I am also looking for an Integrated Development Environment in > Unix/Linux which is similar to MS Visual Studio in windows platform ... There may be good IDEs, but you might not be aware that many people who develop in the Unix world are perfectly happy with the power of the shell and with editors like vim. I personally have to admit a certain fondness for Visual Studio, and I enjoy using it when I have to code for Windows, but what I *really* want is XCode (and Interface Builder) for Linux. On top of that, I want the entire Apple-ish Cocoa library for use in Objective-C under Linux. Not gonna happen.