[Ubuntu Wiki] Update of "DebuggingProgramCrash" by tormodvolden

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how to install -dbg packages

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  == Hardy 8.04 and Newer ==
  
- Use this section only if you are using Ubuntu '''Hardy 8.04''' or more recent versions.  [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=576697|How to determine your version.]]  See the following section if you are using a prior version.
+ Use this section only if you are using Ubuntu '''Hardy 8.04''' or more recent versions (the command {{{cat /etc/issue}}} will tell you). See the following section if you are using a prior version.
  
- First, check if there is a package with a -dbg suffix in the main Ubuntu repositories. (TODO: Please edit this wiki here to describe how to do this. Note that you can find currently-installed packages suffixed -dbg with, e.g.,
+ First, check if there is a package with a -dbg suffix in the main Ubuntu repositories. These are the debug symbol packages, and are equivalent to '-dbgsym' described below. You can safely use either one, but not both at once. Try installing the package, adding -dbg to its name, for example:
-  {{{
+ {{{
- aptitude search '~i -dbg'
+ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core-dbg
  }}}
- but that may not be what is wanted.) These are the debug symbol packages, and are equivalent to '-dbgsym' described below. You can safely use either one, but not both at once.
+ if the package in question is the ''xserver-xorg-core'' package.
  
- If not:
+ If there is no -dbg package:
  
   1. Create an `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ddebs.list` by running the following line at a terminal:
   {{{