# Which debugger to be using

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 26, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-debugger-to-be-using/127197 "2008-01-26T01:44:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![petem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@petem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/petem)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-debugger-to-be-using/127197/1 "2008-01-26T01:44:15Z")

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irb, ruby-debug,rdb,rdebug … gee? Which is the stable debuger we  
should be using lately?

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**Author:** ![petem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@petem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/petem)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-debugger-to-be-using/127197/2 "2008-01-26T13:26:42Z")

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On 26 Jan 2008, at 00:42, petem wrote:

> irb, ruby-debug,rdb,rdebug … gee? Which is the stable debuger we  
> should be using lately?  
> irb is not a debugger, ruby-debug and rdebug are the same thing  
> (rdebug is the name of the executable that the ruby-debug gem gets you).

Install the ruby-debug gem and you should be fine.

Fred