Cannot debug C/C++ code using eclipse as debug information is missing

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I am trying to debug a C project in mint Linux using eclipse Galileo IDE. When I try to run the project in the DEBUG mode, the process terminates as it says- debugging information is missing.

In the eclipse console following messages appear

No source available for "main() " 

and 

Reading symbols from /home/project/netconf/target/bin/netconfd...(no debugging symbols found)...done.

I am using the custom build command

make DEBUG=1 STATIC=1 [eclipse >project >properties > c/c++ build > builder settings]

it builds and runs fine in RELEASE mode.

I am able to build the same application using normal command line build using command terminal, using the same build options

> sudo make DEBUG=1 STATIC=1

now I can start a command line gdb session, as the debugging info is generated, but it is very difficult to debug that way.

I need to know if there is any other setting that needs to be changed, so that I can start debugging in eclipse.
Thanks in advance.

I am getting a message "No source available for "main() " and in the console Reading symbols from /home/project/netconf/target/bin/netconfd...(no debugging symbols found)...done. — osum
– osum, Commented May 9, 2012 at 12:46
Is it CMake based project? I've noticed such behavior for CMake generated projects with default settings. I had to explicitly set CMAKE_DEBUG_TYPE to Debug before configuring and generating a project with cmake-gui. After that everything is fine in Eclipse CDT. — mlt
– mlt, Commented Dec 2, 2012 at 19:51

fkl · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-09 12:11:10Z

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Add -d (or probably -g) to your command line. I think DEBUG=1 is defining a macro rather than generating debug info

answered May 9, 2012 at 12:11

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ColWhi Over a year ago

-g more likely, with maybe -DDEBUG

osum Over a year ago

I have tried with both -g and -d , but still the debug info is not generated.

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