- Supports Linux, macOS and Windows (with caveats - see below).
- Launch processes with configurable stdio redirection.
- Attach to processes by pid or by name.
- Scripted custom launch for ultimate flexibility.
- Function, conditional and regex breakpoints.
- Disassembly View.
- LLDB commands and expression evaluation in Debug Console.
- Configurable result formatting.
- Display of HTML content.
- Rust language support.
Please see the Manual for details.
C++ debugging with data visualization (Howto):
Rust debugging:
- Visual Studio Code 1.9.0.
- LLDB with Python scripting support on system PATH. (Installing LLDB)
Here's a minimal debug configuration to get you started:
{
"name": "Launch",
"type": "lldb",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/<my program>",
"args": ["-arg1", "-arg2"],
}See also: Debugging in VS Code, the Manual.
On Debian-derived distros (e.g. Ubuntu), run sudo apt-get install python-lldb-x.y, where x.y is the LLDB version.
See this page for installing nightlies.
Note: Some distros install LLDB with a versioned name, e.g. lldb-4.0. In this case you will need to
configure LLDB executable name via Workspace Configuration.
- Download and install XCode.
- Install XCode Command Line Tools by running
xcode-select --install
LLDB is incompatible with Brew or MacPorts-installed Python. If you have one installed on your machine, please read this.
- Download and install LLVM for Windows.
- Download and install Python 3.5.x. If you've installed a 64-bit LLVM (not recommended), you will need a 64-bit Python as well.
- Make sure that both LLDB and Python install directories are on the PATH.
At the moment, LLDB's support of Microsoft PDB debug info format is rather poor. Also, the
64-bit Windows LLDB is known to be buggy.
This means that in practice it's only useful for debugging 32-bit binaries produced by GNU
toolchains. This situation will hopefully improve with time.
Be sure to read the Fine Manual!
Please see the troubleshooting page should you have issues with getting the debugger to start.