How to use gdb python debugging extension inside virtualenv

Question

I\'m running ubuntu, and installed the python-dbg package. When trying to use the installed version directly everything works great:

$ gdb python2.7-dbg
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Answer 1

In Debian 11 with Python 3.7, gdb debugging works out of the box inside virtualenv.

Make sure that you created the venv with the same Python3 version than the python3-dbg package version installed.

In case symbols don't load correctly, rebuild the venv from scratch and try again.