1. install gdb from source with configure option --with-python 2. install python from source with configure option --with-pydebug
3. Got error in gdb here: 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Jan 22 2014, 09:42:36) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4)] (gdb) py-bt Undefined command: "py-bt". Try "help". (gdb) python >import libpython >end Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/share/gdb/python/libpython.py", line 49, in <module> _type_size_t = gdb.lookup_type('size_t') gdb.error: No type named size_t. Error while executing Python code. (gdb) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list