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Remote debug ACAP application

Remote debug example (recommended)

In ACAP 4.15 release (mapped to AXIS OS 11.11), remote-debug-example was introduced and allows remote debugging an ACAP application on a device without root privilege. The example use GDB, Visual Studio Code and a feature called Developer Mode (introduced in AXIS OS 11.11).

Note

• The root privilege will be removed in AXIS OS 12.0.
• Part 3a - debug the application from the tutorial below might be of interest for users that want to debug directly with GDB and not use Visual Studio Code.

Remote debug tutorial

Important

This tutorial requires root privilege and will not work from AXIS OS 12.0.

A tutorial in three parts showing how-to remote debug an ACAP application on an Axis device from a user machine.

• Part 1 - build a gdbserver
• Part 2 - application with debug symbols
• Part 3
  • Part 3a - debug the application
  • Part 3b - debug using Visual Studio Code