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Please help me I am a new user to linux and has made a project in eclipse IDE for linux. The project is running in the IDE but how am I supposed to make a executable for this???

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reported that the program runs inside Eclipse but the standalone build crashes with a segmentation fault. located the produced binary in the project build output, and asked for the code — both are useful, but a few diagnostic steps will usually show what went wrong before pasting source.

Common root causes (short):

  • Different working directory or missing data files (relative paths that fail at runtime).
  • Environment differences (Eclipse may set env vars or library paths).
  • Undefined behavior (uninitialized memory, buffer overruns, race conditions) that happens only outside the IDE because timing/memory layout changes.
  • Incorrect runtime arguments or missing shared libraries.

Useful diagnostics to collect:

  • Run the exact binary under gdb to get a stack trace:

    ulimit -c unlimited
gdb ./myprogram
(gdb) run
(gdb) bt full

  • Use Valgrind to catch invalid reads/writes and uninitialized memory:

    valgrind --leak-check=full --track-origins=yes ./myprogram

  • Inspect runtime file access and failures with strace, and check linked libs with ldd:

    strace -f -e trace=file ./myprogram
ldd ./myprogram

  • If a core dump is produced, open it with gdb: gdb ./myprogram core.

Build-time checks and fixes:

  • Rebuild with debug symbols and minimal optimization (-g -O0) so backtraces are readable.
  • Try AddressSanitizer/UBSan (-fsanitize=address,undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer) to expose memory errors.
  • Verify run configuration in Eclipse (working directory, arguments, env vars) matches how the binary is launched outside the IDE.

When requesting further help, include the exact gdb backtrace, valgrind output, ldd result and a small code snippet around the crash site; that data lets others (and ) point to a specific bug quickly.

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Member Avatar for ivailosp

go to workspace directory -> project directory -> Debug and there will be executable file

Member Avatar for chetan1989

Thanx i got executable but when i try to run it says Segmentation fault y so? even though the program is running in the IDE

Member Avatar for hacker9801

If you're talking about your program, post your code.

Member Avatar for chetan1989

the program is running fine in the IDE but when I try to run the resulting executable file it says "Segmentation Fault"

Member Avatar for ivailosp

try to copy executable form debug directory to project directory and run it... or post your code :}

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