Standalone Install Intel Debugger (gdb-ia)

[James_C_6]

Our application is a fortran based application. The standard GDB that comes with Linux is not sufficient in debugging issues on production systems. We would like to install GDB-IA on those servers. Can I just install GDB-IA without instlling the entire package? If so, how please respond with the syntax? Is the version of GDB-IA that comes with compoer2015 backwards to prior versions?

[Hubert_H_Intel]

James,

Yes, you can install the gdb-ia only from the download package with a custom installation.

Extract the installation package:

 tar xzvf l_fcompxe_2015.3.187.tgz
 cd l_fcompxe_2015.3.187/ 
 ./install.sh 
     following all instructions,
     Chose activation mode (SN, license server or license file (=offline activation))
     After activation chose instal step
       2. Customize installation, then
       3. Change components to install.
           Uncheck the compiler and MKL installation and keep the GNU* GDB 7.8 installation item only.
 That's it for the installation. The debugger is installed by default (unless you changed the installation directory) to:
   $HOME|opt/intel/composer_xe_2015.3.187/debugger/gdb/intel64/bin

Please take care about the license conditions. With a license server (or using a floating license) installation there is no problem with access rights to the debugger. However, with a named-user license you need to make sure that only respective license owners who have a named-user Composer XE license registered can access the debugger on the server.

If you have more questions, let me know.

Regards, Hubert.

[James_C_6]

Thanks, This is exactly what I was looking for. Appreciate the quick response.