---
name: "gvd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gvd"
version: "1.2.0-6"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gvd"
---

# gvd(1)

GNU Visual Debugger

## NAME

gvd - GNU Visual Debugger

## SYNOPSIS

**gvd** \[options\] executable-file \[--dargs \[debugger options\]\] \[--pargs \[program options\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

*gvd* is an extensible graphical debugger. It uses *gdb* or another debugger as the underlying debugger, and can be used to debug remote or embedded systems as well as native programs.

## OPTIONS

*gvd* accepts the following options:

- **--debugger DEBUG**

  Use DEBUG as the underlying debugger.

- **--jdb**

  Assume that the underlying debugger is a Java-specific debugger.

- **--host HOST**

  Run the underlying debugger on host HOST. This option is typically used for debugging an embedded system.

- **--target=TARG:PRO**

  Load program on machine TARG using protocol PRO.

- **--log-level \[0-4\]**

  Set level of logging. Default is 3.

- **--editor-window=xid**

  Use xid as the editor X window.

- **--tty**

  Use the controlling tty as an additional console for the debugger. **--version** Show the version of the current GVD.

## SEE ALSO

[**gdb**(1)](/gdb/1.md), **jdb**(1).

## AUTHORS

Arnaud Charlet, Emmanuel Briot, Nicolas Setton.

## COPYRIGHT FOR THIS MAN PAGE

This man page has been written by Samuel Tardieu for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.