gdb-static

Frozen static builds of everyone's favorite debugger!🧊

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gdb python

## TL;DR - **Download**: Get the latest release from the [releases page](https://github.com/guyush1/gdb-static/releases/latest). ## Introduction Who doesn't love GDB? It's such a powerful tool, with such a great package. But sometimes, you run into one of these problems: - You can't install GDB on your machine - You can't install an updated version of GDB on your machine - Some other strange embedded reasons... This is where `gdb-static` comes in! We provide static builds of `gdb` (and `gdbserver` of course), so you can run them on any machine, without any dependencies!
Features
- **Static Builds**: No dependencies, no installation, just download and run! - **Latest Versions**: We keep our builds up-to-date with the latest versions of GDB. - **Builtin Python (Optional)**: We provide builds with Python support built-in. - **XML Support**: Our builds come with XML support built-in, which is useful for some GDB commands. - **Wide Architecture Support**: We support a wide range of architectures: - aarch64 - arm - mips - mipsel - powerpc - x86_64
## Usage To get started with `gdb-static`, simply download the build for your architecture from the [releases page](https://github.com/guyush1/gdb-static/releases/latest), extract the archive, and copy the binary to your desired platform. > [!NOTE] > We provide two types of builds: > 1. Builds with Python support, which are approximately ~30 MB in size. > 2. Slimmer builds without Python support, which are approximately ~7 MB in size. You may choose to copy the `gdb` binary to the platform, or use `gdbserver` to debug remotely. ## Development > [!NOTE] > Before building, make sure to initialize & sync the git submodules. Alternatively, you can build `gdb-static` from source. To do so, follow the instructions below:
Pre-requisites
To be able to build `gdb-static`, you will need the following tools installed on your machine: ### - Docker - Docker buildx - Git
Building for a specific architecture
To build `gdb-static` for a specific architecture, run the following command: ```bash make build[-with-python]- ``` Where `` is the architecture you want to build for, and `-with-python` may be added in order to compile gdb with Python support. The resulting binary will be placed in the `build/artifacts/` directory: ```bash build/ └── artifacts/ └── / └── ... ```
Building for all architectures
To build `gdb-static` for all supported architectures, run the following command: ```bash make build ``` The resulting binary will be placed in the `build/artifacts/` directory.
## Contributing - Bug Report: If you see an error message or encounter an issue while using gdb-static, please create a [bug report](https://github.com/guyush1/gdb-static/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug&title=%F0%9F%90%9B+Bug+Report%3A+). - Feature Request: If you have an idea or if there is a capability that is missing and would make `gdb-static` more robust, please submit a [feature request](https://github.com/guyush1/gdb-static/issues/new?assignees=&labels=enhancement&title=%F0%9F%9A%80+Feature+Request%3A+). ## Contributors [//]: contributor-faces [//]: contributor-faces