Linux C++ Debugger

Question

I\'m looking for the perfect Linux C++ debugger. I don\'t expect success, but the search should be informative.

I am a quite capable gdb user but STL and Boost easily c

Answer 1

I use the following environment:

http://ec-lang.org/

It is a complete development environment for the eC language.

However, you can have a project with just c or c++ files without any eC specific files and build and debug them using the IDE.

This is the closest you will ever come to a "Borland C" like experience under linux.

It can be installed on Ubuntu/Debian with the following command:

sudo apt-get install ecere-sdk

Answer 2

Try ffffd.

Answer 3

There are simple scripts which let you dump STL structures from GDB.

Take a look here

Answer 4

Recentg gdb (e.g. version 8.1) and g++ (e.g. GCC 7, in february 2018) are able to debug standard C++ containers thru Python scripts.

Answer 5

You can use Eclipse to step through C and C++ code if you are looking for an IDE type of debugger instead of a command-line debugger. It isn't perfect, but I've found it to work well for people already familiar with IDE debugging tools.

I am also partial to Valgrind for detecting memory errors.

Answer 6

I haven't done C++ development in Linux for a while now but when I did I had good luck when KDevelop's debugger. Nothing revolutionary but it let you quickly explore object properties like you are looking for.