GDB Python Print not working.

gistfile1.txt

I'm trying to figure out why 'python print "hello"' is giving me invalid syntax.

(gdb) python import gdb

(gdb) python print "hello"
  File "<string>", line 1
    print "hello"
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Error while executing Python code.

(gdb) python gdb.execute("p 1 + 2")
$3 = 3

mikesart@mikesart-petra:~/valvesrc/ValveGames/staging/game$ gdb --version
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mikesart@mikesart-petra:~/valvesrc/ValveGames/staging/game$ gdb --configuration
This GDB was configured as follows:
   configure --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
             --with-auto-load-dir=$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load
             --with-auto-load-safe-path=$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load
             --with-expat
             --with-gdb-datadir=/usr/share/gdb (relocatable)
             --with-jit-reader-dir=/usr/lib/gdb (relocatable)
             --without-libunwind-ia64
             --with-lzma
             --with-python=/usr (relocatable)
             --with-separate-debug-dir=/usr/lib/debug (relocatable)
             --with-system-gdbinit=/etc/gdb/gdbinit
             --with-zlib
             --without-babeltrace

("Relocatable" means the directory can be moved with the GDB installation
tree, and GDB will still find it.)

mikesart@mikesart-petra:~/valvesrc/ValveGames/staging/game$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description:    Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Release:        17
Codename:       qiana

mikesart@mikesart-petra:~/valvesrc/ValveGames/staging/game$ uname -a
Linux mikesart-petra 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Debian, for example, has different gdb packages for different python versions.

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/gdb

apt install gdb
ldd $(which gdb) | grep python
        libpython3.5m.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.5m.so.1.0 (0x00007f138b5e0000)

apt remove gdb && apt install gdb-python2
ldd $(which gdb) | grep python
        libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007f02f77dd000)