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@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ _________________________
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
@@ -46,3 +53,4 @@ Running the debug image:
# make debug
(gdb)
+