[wxPython-users] Re: Again Crash in gtk and debugging

[Robin Dunn]

Franz Steinhaeusler wrote:

>> However, there is an option that I should have remembered before.  There 
>> are a separate set of packages available that turn on full debugging 
>> info (and turn optimizations off IIRC) that will work with the standard 
>> python-dbg packages.  So essentially you will end up two instances of 
>> python binaries installed per python version.  If the dependencies are 
>> done right then try installing python-wxgtk2.8-dbg, and then running 
>> your app with python-dbg instead of python.  If your app uses other 
>> binary extensions then you'll need to install -dbg versions of their 
>> packages too.
> 
> Thank you for that info. So it is no problem to have a parallel install of the 
> normal and the debug package installed(?).

Correct.  They are designed to have different file names where needed.


> 
> apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8-dbg should do the trick(?)
> 

If the dependencies are correct.  I don't remember if I ever tested that 
specific scenario however.  If it doesn't automatically pull in a 
python-*-dbg package and whatever else it might need for you then it 
shouldn't be too hard for you to do it yourself


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Robin Dunn
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