Setting up debugging and development environment

[Miljenko Jakovljevic]

Hi,

using *cmake* with the *-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug* option
and then *make install*
creates an executable with debug symbols included.

Thank you!
Mili

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:54 AM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Miljenko Jakovljevic
> <micky686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In order to be able to run kdevelop in gdb I have added this line to the
> > CMakeLists.txt file in the kdevelop root directory:
> >
> > set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE, "debug")
> > set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-ggdb")
> >
> > Then I use:
> >
> > cmake CMakeLists.txt
> > make clean (without this the build often fails with the "main not found"
> > message)
> > make -j8
> > gdb kdevelop (gives: no debugging symbols found)
> >
> > What am I doing wrong that the debug symbols are not set?
> >
> > Is there a guide about the development environment for kdevelop or
> something
> > more general?
> >
> > Best regards!
> > Mili
> >
> >
>
> Hi Mijenko,
> You are not meant to modify the source directory, pass the variable
> names. Just pass them as arguments:
>
> cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ....
>
> Also you need to make sure you are running the software you just
> built. I'd recommend uninstalling the one the distro provides and
> installing to a separate prefix. Also note "make install" needs to be
> called so the binaries are placed somewhere useful.
>
> https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_
> from_source#Set_up_the_runtime_environment
>
> Aleix
>
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