Launch: program does not exist in Visual Studio Code

Question

While debugging a simple C program, I always get an error saying "Launch: program 'XXX' does not exist"

Note: I already have my compiler - GCC installed & I'm using Ubuntu operating system.

Answer 1

Replace the launch configuration from:

"program": "${workspaceRoot}/helloworld"

with:

"program": "${fileDirname}/helloworld"

This should fix your problem.

Important: Ensure the compiled filename in tasks.json is equivalent to your "program"'s filename.