Linux: Most powerful Debuggers

Question

Hi I wanted to know which are the best debuggers out there for C/C++ on a Linux operating system. I have heard sth about gdb and valgrind being pretty good but I wanted to hear opinions/ comparisons on these.

Thank you

Answer 1

GDB is probably the best there is in my opinion.

• GDB: The GNU Debugger
• DDD: The Data Display Debugger, a graphical debugger frontend
• Nemiver: Standalone graphical debugger for GNOME

Memory Debuggers:

• Valgrind: A memory debugger and profiler
• Electric Fence: A malloc debugger
• D.U.M.A: Detect Unintended Memory Access - A Red-Zone memory allocator

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