---
name: "winpdb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "winpdb"
version: "1.4.8-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/winpdb"
---

# winpdb(1)

platform independent Python debugger

## NAME

winpdb, rpdb2 — platform independent Python debugger

## SYNOPSIS

**winpdb, rpdb2** \[**-h, --help**\]  \[**-d, --debuggee**\]  \[**-a, --attach**\]  \[**-o, --host**\]  \[**-r, --remote**\]  \[**-e, --encrypt**\]  \[**-p, --pwd**\]  \[**-s, --screen**\]  \[**-c, --chdir**\]  \[**--debug**\]  \[\[\<script-name\> \[\<script-args\>...\]\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **winpdb** and **rpdb2** commands.

This manual page was written for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.

**winpdb** is a GUI frontend to **rpdb2**,  a remote debugger for python, which is capable to debug threads- and curses-based code.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Print the program's help.

- **-d** **--debuggee**

  Start debuggee and break into it, without starting a  debugger console.

- **-a** **--attach**

  Attach to an already started debuggee.

- **-o** **--host**

  Specify host for attachment.

- **-r** **--remote**

  Allow debuggees to accept connections from remote machines.

- **-e** **--encrypt**

  Force encrypted connections between debugger and debuggees.

- **-p** **--pwd**

  Password. This flag is available only on NT systems.  On other systems the password will be queried interactively  if it is needed.

- **-s** **--screen**

  Use the Unix screen utility when spawning the debuggee.

- **-c** **--chdir**

  Change the working directory to that of the launched script.

- **--debug**

  Debug prints.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Bernd Zeimetz \<bernd@bzed.de\> for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2,  as published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License, Version 2, can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.