docs: A little cleanup and added some gdb examples.
[vpp.git] / docs / gettingstarted / developers / running_vpp.rst
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5 Running VPP
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8 After build the VPP binaries, there a several to run the images you've built. These is useful when
9 if you need to run VPP without  installing the packages. For instance if you want to run VPP with GDB.
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11 Without GDB
12 _________________________
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14 To run the VPP images, that you've build without GDB.
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16 Running the release image:
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18 .. code-block:: console
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20    # make run-release
21    #
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23 With GDB
24 _________________________
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26 With the following commands you can run VPP and then be dropped into the GDB prompt.
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28 Running the release image:
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30 .. code-block:: console
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32    # make debug-release
33    (gdb)
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35 Running the debug image:
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37 .. code-block:: console
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39    # make debug
40    (gdb)