Remote Debugging With

Eclipse is an open source development platform

comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and run
times for building, deploying and managing software
across the life cycle.
CDT is the name of the C/C++ development plug-in.
It includes a graphical GDB front end.
The following slides will show you how to configure
and use it.
See http://www.eclipse.org/ for more details.
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Opening the Debugging Menu

1. From your open

project, open the Run
menu and Choose
“Debug...”

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Creating a Debug Profile
2.Create a new
debug profile

3.Give it a
name

4. Choose
project and
binary

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Configuring The Debugger
5. 5.
Choose
Choose
type
(local/remote)
GDBServer

6. Add path to
GDB from
tool chain

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Configure Dynamic Libraries

7. Add path
to system
libraries for
the target
machine in
your tool
chain's lib
directory

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Configure Connection and Save

8. Choose
connection type
(serial or TCP) and
provide details

9. Use the
“Apply” button
to save your
debug profile

10. Click “Debug” to

start debugging
immediately

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 Eclipse Debug Session
Step, Next, Breakpoints, registers,
Continue variables and signals
buttons

Threads
and call
stacks

Source
code

Status,
memory
watches Symbols

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Happy Bug Hunting!
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