Shaunak Saha

News

(2013/01/18) Shaunak Saha is the new maintainer of DDD.

(2009/02/11) DDD 3.3.12 is now available from ftp.gnu.org. DDD 3.3.12 features much improved support for debugging Python, Bash and Make, as well as various bug fixes.

(2008/11/07) Release candidate 3.3.12-rc1 is available. DDD can now be used effectively to debug Python, Bash and Makefiles. You can grab the new release candidate from alpha.gnu.org. The source tarball is signed with the maintainer's GPG public key, which you can download from Savannah.

(2008/10/22) DDD has a bug tracker on Savannah. The bug tracker is the best way to report bugs (use "Bugs" on the toolbar, and "Submit"). You are encouraged to login, but you can post bug anonymously if you want. Posting directly to the bug-ddd mailing list is now deprecated, since the tracker is a much more powerful way to organise the information. Please follow the instructions for bug reporting.

(2008/10/19) Jose Maria Gomez Vergara has handed maintainership of DDD to Peter Wainwright.

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Where do I get DDD source?

DDD can be found at /gnu/ddd/ on ftp.gnu.org, on Savannah or at any GNU FTP mirror near you. The ddd/ directory contains the DDD source distribution:

ddd-version.tar.gz -- this package is the one you want. It includes

the complete DDD source code,

building instructions, as well as

the DDD manual in TeXinfo, Info, PostScript, and PDF formats.

Here are further instructions on how to download and unpack GNU packages.

You can support the principle of software freedom by buying stuff from the FSF shop.

Where do I get DDD binaries?

The FSF does not distribute DDD binaries. You can ask for help if you need technical support.

DDD binaries for GNU/Linux are typically available via your GNU/Linux distributor:

DDD packages for Debian GNU/Linux are found here.

DDD RPMs can be found in http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=ddd.

The written word provides binaries of freely available software for various platforms. Their FTP server contains DDD and XPM packages.

What do I need to build DDD?

To build DDD from sources, you need

The DDD source distribution (see above).

The GNU compiler collection (GCC), version 3.0 or higher (or another ISO C++ compiler).

The LessTif user interface toolkit, version 0.89 or higher (or another Motif-compatible user interface toolkit).

The simplest way to build and install DDD is:

Unpack the DDD source distribution

Change into the ddd-version subdirectory

Type ./configure && make.

If the above doesn't give an error, type make install to install the program. (Depending on your OS and permission level you might need to use sudo make install to install instead.)

To run DDD, you need the GNU debugger (GDB), version 4.16 or later (or depending on the program to be debugged, possibly other command-line debuggers such as Ladebug, JDB, XDB, the Perl debugger, the bash debugger bashdb, the GNU Make debugger remake, or the Python debugger pydb.)

How do I get started with DDD?

The DDD Manual contains a detailed tutorial.

Here are some free third-party tutorials on the Web:

There's an article on DDD in Dr. Dobb's Journal.

Linux Magazin has articles (in German) on debugging with GDB and DDD.

LinuxFocus has a DDD tutorial in English, Spanish, German, French, Korean, and Turkish.

Where do I get DDD alpha releases?

The DDD Subversion repository (containing all versions of DDD, including the very latest changes) is available via http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ddd.

I have found a bug! How do I report it?

You can report bugs on the bug tracker. Before you do this, please check the following:

Please try to see whether your bug has already been reported. You can browse or search the bug tracker.

Please read the section ``Bugs and How to Report

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