security/peda 1.2 DragonFly

Python-based GDB extension for exploit development and debugging

System: DragonFly
Repository: DPorts
Maintainer: [email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License: CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
Categories: python, security
Package size: 55.0 KiB, 283.5 KiB installed

Description

PEDA (Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB) is a plugin for GDB. It extends GDB with a colorful text-based UI making it easier to work with the debugger.

Note that PEDA requires that GDB is compiled with Python support.

Its key features are:

Enhance the display of GDB: colorize and display disassembly codes, registers, memory information during debugging.
Add commands to support debugging and exploit development.

In the other systems

System

Port

Version

DragonFly

security/peda

1.2

FreeBSD

security/peda

1.2

Install

Binary package:

pkg install peda

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/security/peda && make install clean

Dependencies

Run dependencies 5

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts: none

Message after installing

Now that PEDA is installed it can be used with gdb(1).

Run the following command in the gdb prompt to load the plugin:

```
source /usr/local/libexec/peda/peda.py
```

In order to load PEDA automatically on gdb(1) launch add the line mentioned
above to ~/.gdbinit:

```
echo "source /usr/local/libexec/peda/peda.py" >> ~/.gdbinit
```

Keep in mind that PEDA requires at least GDB 7.0 to work.