Visual studio + remote gdb debugging

Question

What is best way to do remote live gdb debugging and use Visual studio as the front end.

In my case: I have a C++ application (compiled for debugging) running on a Linux server

1. Can I use Visual studio on my windows machine as a front end to do live debugging on the C++ application. Is this even possible for a large scale application (OR)
2. If above is not possible, can I use eclipse on my windows or on a different linux box to do the same remote live debugging
3. Any other better IDE options ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can easily do it with VisualGDB:

1. Build your app on the Linux machine and ensure that you can run it.
2. Install VisualGDB on your Windows machine with Visual Studio.
3. Run the VisualGDB build server on the Linux machine.
4. In Visual Studio, create new project, select C++->VisualGDB
5. In the wizard select Linux Application -> Import Existing -> Import from Remote machine
6. Select the directory where you have built the Linux app. If it's not based on GNU Make, also specify the build command line.
7. Specify whether you want to synchronize IntelliSense directories with Visual Studio.
8. On the last wizard page specify the executable name of your project so that VisualGDB knows what to debug.

When you press "finish", the Wizard will create a Visual Studio wrapper project around your Linux project so that you can edit the files, built the project and debug it from Visual Studio.

There's a more detailed tutorial here: http://visualgdb.com/tutorials/linux/import/