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= Debian Squeeze =

== Install basic package dependencies ==

 aptitude install build-essential git texinfo flex bison libncurses5-dev python-dev

== Build custom GDB ==

=== Build it ===

 cd ~
 mkdir gdb
 cd gdb
 git clone git://gitorious.org/~thewtex/gdb-python/archer-thewtex-python.git source
 mkdir build install
 cd build
 ../source/configure --prefix=$(cd ../install && pwd)
 make -j2 all
 make install

=== Put it at the top of the system PATH ===

 su -
 cd /usr/local/bin
 ln -s /home/user/gdb/install/bin/gdb
 exit

Replace ''user'' with your username.

== Install custom pretty-printers ==

=== Basic pretty-printers ===

 aptitude install python-matplotlib cmake ipython

Place the following in ''~/.gdbinit''
<pre>
#
# C++ related beautifiers (optional)
#
set print pretty on
set print object on
set print static-members on
set print vtbl on
set print demangle on
set demangle-style gnu-v3
set print sevenbit-strings off
set multiple-symbols ask
# working with arrays
set print array on
set print elements 70

#
# gdb-pretty
#
python
import sys
sys.path.insert( 0, '/home/user/gdb/gdb-pretty' )
sys.path.insert( 0, '/home/user/gdb/gdb-pretty/itk/source' )
import gdb.pretty
gdb.pretty.register( 'libstdcxx.v6.printers', None )
end

require command view
require command alias
</pre>

Replace ''user'' with your username.

 mkdir ~/gdb/gdb-pretty

=== ''libstdcxx'' pretty-printers ===

 cd ~/gdb/gdb-pretty
 git clone http://git.gitorious.org/gdb-pretty/gdb-pretty-libstdcxx.git libstdcxx

Try running the example

 cd libstdcxx/examples
 less readme.rst
 ...

=== Science related pretty-printers ===

==== Pretty printers in the Debian repository ====

 aptitude install mayavi2 paraview

==== Install VV ====

Install dependencies,

 aptitude install gengetopt libxt-dev

Build VTK 5.6 from source.

 cd ~/
 wget http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.6/vtk-5.6.1.tar.gz
 tar xvzf vtk-5.6.1.tar.gz
 mkdir VTK/build
 cd VTK/build
 cmake -DVTK_USE_QT=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF ..
 make -j2

Build ITK from source.

 cd ~/
 wget http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/itk/InsightToolkit-3.20.0.tar.gz
 tar xvzf InsightToolkit-3.20.0.tar.gz
 cd InsightToolkit-3.20.0
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DITK_USE_REVIEW=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo  -DITK_USE_REVIEW_STATISTICS=ON ..
 make -j2

Download vvSource-1.1.tar.gz from the [http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/rio/vv VV homepage].

 cd ~/
 mv ~/Documents/vvSource-1.1.tar.gz ~/
 tar xvzf vvSource-1.1.tar.gz
 cd vv-src/build
 cmake -DITK_DIR=~/InsightToolkit-3.20.0/build -DVTK_DIR=~/VTK/build ..
 make -j2

Copy the executable to the system PATH, e.g.

 su -
 cd /usr/local/bin
 ln -s /home/user/vv-src/build/bin/vv
 exit

Replace ''user'' with your username.

==== GDB setup ====

 cd ~/gdb/gdb-pretty
 git clone http://git.gitorious.org/gdb-pretty/gdb-pretty-science.git science
 cd science
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/gdb/install ..
 make install

=== ITK pretty-printers ===

 cd ~/gdb/gdb-pretty
 git clone git://gitorious.org/gdb-pretty/gdb-pretty-itk.git itk

Try running the example

 cd itk/examples
 less readme.rst

=== QGoImageCompare printer ===

 cd ~/gdb/gdb-pretty
 git clone https://github.com/gofigure2/QGoImageCompare.git
 mkdir QGoImageCompare/build
 cd QGoImageCompare/build
 cmake -DITK_DIR=~/InsightToolkit-3.20.0/build/ -DVTK_DIR=~/VTK/build/ -DBUILD_GDB_PRETTY=ON -DICPGUI_INSTALL_LOCATION=/home/user/gdb/install/share/gdb/python/ -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON ..
 make


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