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Install glibc debug symbols on Arch Linux for pwndbg heap analysis
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install-glibc-debug.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Install Dependencies
sudo pacman -S git svn gd lib32-gcc-libs patch make bison fakeroot
# Checkout glibc source
svn checkout --depth=empty svn://svn.archlinux.org/packages
cd packages
svn update glibc
cd glibc/repos/core-x86_64
# Add current locale to locale.gen.txt
grep -v "#" /etc/locale.gen >> locale.gen.txt
# Enable debug build in PKGBUILD
sed -i 's#!strip#debug#' PKGBUILD
# Build glibc and glibc-debug packages
makepkg --skipchecksums
# Install glibc-debug
sudo pacman -U *.pkg.tar.xz
sed '/^OPTIONS/ s/!debug/debug/g; /^OPTIONS/ s/strip/!strip/g' /etc/makepkg.conf
sudo pacman -S gdb pwndbg
echo "Don't forget to add `source /usr/share/pwndbg/gdbinit.py` to your ~/.gdbinit"
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kriive commented Sep 22, 2022

Have you installed debuginfod? A reboot or re-login cycle may be required in order to make it work.

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Yes you have to log out and in again for the environment variables to get updated. Thanks for the tip, I didn't even know debuginfod existed

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