I finally stumbled upon this.. explains everything. http://hostilefork.com/2013/10/20/qtcreator-debugger-no-locals-ubuntu/
Short version: Ubuntu is shipping with gdb compiled with python V3 which is incompatible with Python V2. QTCreator's scripts are written in Python V2. I had gotten further with this ppa version which has the helper python scripts.. but still has errors due to GDB + python V3.http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/ubuntu_sdk_release/saucy/main/base/qtcreator So the options seem to be: Move to QTCreator 3 or compile and use a GDB with python 2.7 see bug 1216660 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qtcreator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1233662 Title: Missing debug helpers in QtCreator/can't view STL containers in debugger To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtcreator/+bug/1233662/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
