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5 Running VPP
6 ===========
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8 After building the VPP binaries, you now have several images built.
9 These images are useful when you need to run VPP without installing the packages.
10 For instance if you want to run VPP with GDB.
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12 Running Without GDB
13 _________________________
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15 To run the VPP images that you've built without GDB, run the following commands:
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17 Running the release image:
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21    # make run-release
22    #
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24 Running the debug image:
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26 .. code-block:: console
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28    # make run
29    #
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31 Running With GDB
32 _________________________
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34 With the following commands you can run VPP and then be dropped into the GDB prompt.
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36 Before running either command, please make sure that the 'gdb' package is installed.
37 If it's not installed, run the following command first:
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41    $ sudo apt install gdb
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43 Running the release image:
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47    # make debug-release
48    (gdb)
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50 Running the debug image:
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52 .. code-block:: console
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54    # make debug
55    (gdb)
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