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Then run
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sudo apt-get update
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to update your package list.

Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list: 

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/ddebs edgy main universe

Then run 

sudo apt-get update

to update your package list.

The debug symbol packages have the -dbgsym suffix attached, so to install the debug symbols for the package yelp, you run: 

sudo apt-get install yelp-dbgsym
  1. Now you make a ["Backtrace"].
  2. You can also run ["Valgrind"], if the program crashes with a "Segmentation fault" or "Bus error".
  3. Optionally, you may be asked to produce an ["Strace"].

References

Old notes

  1. Check if the package has a debugging version available. In general, debugging packages will be named with a -dbg suffix

  2. If not, you can generally* build one this way:
    • Something to keep in mind: if you would like to create a build you're going to need to have the relevant deb-src lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list

    1. Install the development scripts: 

      sudo apt-get install devscripts

    2. Install the build-time dependencies for the package: 

      sudo apt-get build-dep <package>

    3. Build .debs for debugging: 

      export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="debug nostrip noopt"
fakeroot apt-get source -b <package>

    4. Install the needed .debs (they will be in the current working directory if the build succeeded): 

      sudo debi <package>*.changes

* most of the packages support the build of debugging version in this way. If that doesn't work for a package you can open a bug against it.

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DebuggingProgramCrash (last edited 2022-12-20 22:13:06 by sergiodj)