Packages with Debugging Symbols

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:40:04PM -0400, Michael McCabe wrote:

> Is there an apt repository includes packages with debugging symbols to
> help debug crashes.  If there is can someone please post a link.  

For some packages, there exist packages ending in -dbg which have debugging
symbols.  There is no global repository of debuggable packages at this time.

You can build a given package with debugging symbols with a few commands:

sudo apt-get build-dep <package>
sudo apt-get source -b <package>
sudo dpkg --install <.deb file(s)>

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 - mdz