docs: cleaning up VPP documents by deleting unnecessary info.

[vpp.git] / docs / developer / build-run-debug / running_vpp.rst

diff --git a/docs/developer/build-run-debug/running_vpp.rst b/docs/developer/build-run-debug/running_vpp.rst
index 9b33e53..2c97257 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/developer/build-run-debug/running_vpp.rst
+++ b/docs/developer/build-run-debug/running_vpp.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ _________________________
 
 With the following commands you can run VPP and then be dropped into the GDB prompt.
 
 
 With the following commands you can run VPP and then be dropped into the GDB prompt.
 

+Before running either command, please make sure that the 'gdb' package is installed.
+If it's not installed, run the following command first:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   $ sudo apt install gdb
+

 Running the release image:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 Running the release image:
 
 .. code-block:: console


@@ -46,3 +53,4 @@ Running the debug image:
 
    # make debug
    (gdb)
 
    # make debug
    (gdb)

+