Re: Installing ddd on LilyBuntu

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Boris Shingarov" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: Installing ddd on LilyBuntu


> On 10-12-12 01:13 PM, Phil Holmes wrote:
> > I thought it'd be interesting to install the ddd graphical debugger on my 
> > LilyBuntu instance.  I downloaded it OK, but when I run ./configure I 
> > get:
> >
> > "configure: error: The X toolkit library '-lXt' could not be found."
>
> You are missing the libxt-dev package.
>
> But, why do you want to build DDD yourself?  If you simply want to use it 
> to debug LilyPond, you can just install it from the repository.  A lot 
> easier, and will save you a lot of headache in the future.
>
> Also, is there a particular reason to prefer DDD for C++ debugging?  I 
> find Eclipse CDT a lot better in any thinkable respect.  (But then again, 
> I am biased, being one of the founders of the Eclipse project).


The CG at 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/contributor/debugging-c_002b_002b-code 
says "As an alternative to running gdb at the command line you may try a 
graphical interface to gdb such as ddd: " so I just did that.  I knew 
nothing about package managers until Graham replied.  Following that 
information, I'm now happily watching a debug window :-)

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Phil Holmes