Difference between gdb, valgrind, strace, ltrace and apport

Asked Apr 07 '13 at 20:33

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I'm looking for the difference between the following debugging tools.

What are those?

E: On the off chance that somebody stumbles in here and was wondering about the same thing the "differences" are (shortened from the man pages):

GDB

Allows you to see what's going on "inside" a program while it runs/crashed.
Valgrind

A flexible series of tools for debugging and profiling.
Strace

Records/intercepts system calls which are called/received by a process.
Ltrace

Records/intercepts signals/dynamic library/system calls which are called/received by a process.
Apport

Intercepts crashes/unhandled exceptions, collects OS information, presents a helpful UI, and is able to file non-crash bugs.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Apr 07 '13 at 20:33

Det

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Try reading their man pages. Your question is not unlike "what's different between apples and oranges". – Employed Russian Apr 08 '13 at 02:24
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+1 for posting a succinct followup answer. i only knew about gdb. times are a changing ;) – necromancer May 19 '13 at 06:21
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(Still, as useful as this may be, a question like this is obviously off-topic for Stack Overflow.) – hyde Mar 20 '14 at 07:24
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@hyde I don't find it obvious. – Det Oct 23 '20 at 13:24

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