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notadaughter

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Registered: 2024-04-08

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[SOLVED] gef not working

Hi everyone,
I recently installed gef. However, when I type in 'gdb' inside shell I enter gdb but not gef. Also

which gef

returns

 which: no gef in <...> 

Tried reinstalling gef but it didn't help.
Gef package is flagged as out-of-date, maybe that's the problem? Also there is a fresh rebuild with python 3.12 for gef on gitlab. I'm wondering if I should install python 3.12 and rebuild the package myself?

Last edited by notadaughter (2024-04-08 16:24:11)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] gef not working

There is no standalone "gef" binary to run.  It's a plugin for gdb.  According to the documentation with the gef package, you should have a ~/.gdbinit file with "source /usr/share/gef/gef.py" in order to use it.

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notadaughter

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Re: [SOLVED] gef not working

Thank you! Had gef previously working OOTB so I had no idea I should initialize it

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] gef not working

This was the first I heard of gef, so I don't know it's history.  But it's certainly possible that there could have formerly been a wrapper script: and you could make your own wrapper script, that just starts gdb and passes the relevant flags to load the gef python module.

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xerxes_

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Re: [SOLVED] gef not working

If you have gef installed from official arch repo then create file .gdbinit in your home directory with content:

source /usr/share/gef/gef.py