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Reputation: 62734

c++: How to debug a C++ application compiled using the "Microsoft Visual C++" toolchain in eclipse?

I have installed Eclipse CDT and CDT Visual C++ Support (from the Yoxos Marketplace).

This lets me compiled and run a C++ application, however, I cannot debug it.

So, I have installed a gdb windows binary using the mingw distribution. Now, when I try to debug, the following message is displayed in the console - No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command.

My uneducated guess is that gdb cannot debug binaries produced by the Visual C++ compiler.

My question is - how do I debug C++ code in eclipse built using the Visual C++ toolchain?

My environment:

Thanks.

P.S.

Moving to the MinGW g++ compiler is off scope for this question, so please - do not suggest it as the answer.

Upvotes: 13

Views: 14248

Answers (2)

matteo
matteo

Reputation: 61

Please follow this https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=162108

Summary: As of the last comment (Doug Schaefer 2012-03-13 10:49:27 EDT) in this bug it seems there are plans to integrate this but it is not yet working.

Upvotes: 6

Zuljin
Zuljin

Reputation: 2640

As far as I know you can't debug Visual C++ applications using gdb which is only supported by CDT plug-in.

Debugger for Visual C++ toolchain is called CDB and you have to search for the tool that can use it. For sure Visual C++ IDE (even from Express Edition) can be use to debug application that are compiled under Eclipse+CDT. I think that also some nightly builds of CodeBlocks IDE can cooperate with CDB.

Upvotes: 4

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