HP WDB 5.8 Release Notes

Table 2 HP WDB Installation

DescriptionProduct Name

HP WDB — The HP implementation of the open source

debugger GDB

HP WDB

Optional graphical user interface component for HP WDBHP WDB GUI

If you install HP WDB GUI on a system where HP WDB has not yet been installed, HP WDB is

installed automatically.

Compatibility

HP WDB is not supported on releases of the HP-UX operating system prior to 11i v1.

Supported Configurations

The following configurations are supported by HP WDB:

• Installing and running locally on an HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i v3 operating

system.

• Installing on an HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i v3 system, with the display

redirected to a remote HP-UX 11.x node.

Filesets

The HP WDB product contains the following components:

• WDB: Runtime contains one fileset

• WDB-DOC: Documentation contains one fileset

• WDB-MAN: Manuals contains one fileset

NOTE: DEBUG-PRG and SENTINEL are co-requisite filesets for HP WDB and are

automatically selected during installation.

The WDB GUI product contains the following sub-products:

• WDB-GUI-RUN: Runtime contains one fileset

• WDB-GUI-HELP: Help contains one fileset

• WDB-GUI-MAN: Manuals contain one fileset

HP WDB GUI requires the HP WDB product. If HP WDB is not already installed, it is automatically

selected during installation.

Disk Space Requirements

For information on the disk space requirements to install HP WDB 5.8, see the Downloads website

at:

http://www.hp.com/go/wdb/

Installation Instructions

To install HP WDB, run the SD-UX swinstall command. It invokes a user interface that leads

you through the installation. It also gives you information about disk space requirements, version

numbers, product descriptions, and dependencies.

For specific installation instructions, see the HP WDB Technical Resources website at:

http://www.hp.com/go/wdb/