How to setup/using GDB 7 on MacOS Lion with MacPorts

Question

I run into trouble using GDB 7 (7.3) on MacOS Lion.

What I did was:

$ sudo port install gdb

After that GDB was installed to: /opt/loca

Answer 1

On Maverick follow this instructions that use homebrew. It seems that Apple's new system makes it hard to use gdb... http://ntraft.com/installing-gdb-on-os-x-mavericks/

Answer 2

Try cgdb for now, it's actually pretty nice so far:

sudo port install cgdb

I don't claim to understand why the latest gdb sources have an issue on the mac, but I have the same issue as you and I tried cgdb and it works for me. Links for more information:

• http://cgdb.sourceforge.net/
• https://trac.macports.org/ticket/26450