A set of GDB macros are distributed with Python that aid in debugging the Python process. You can install them by adding the contents of Misc/gdbinit in the Python sources to ~/. gdbinit — or copy it from Subversion. Be sure to use the correct version for your version of Python or some features will not work.

Which Python is GDB using?

GDB can be built against either Python 2 or Python 3; which one you have depends on this configure-time option. Python scripts used by GDB should be installed in data-directory /python , where data-directory is the data directory as determined at GDB startup (see Data Files).

How do I debug a Python run?

To start the debugger from the Python interactive console, we are using run() or runeval(). To continue debugging, enter continue after the ( Pdb ) prompt and press Enter. If you want to know the options we can use in this, then after the ( Pdb ) prompt press the Tab key twice.