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    graouss
    wrote on 29 Mar 2019, 22:26 last edited by graouss
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    Hi,
    I just installed QTcreator on a new machine and i seem to have some trouble to get the debugger working lately. The path exists and the gdb executable is there. However I will get a "Unable to create a debugging engine" error despite that .

    The setup
    0_1553898292324_7a9a72fe-f424-40c5-ab5b-e142ef085889-image.png
    0_1553898309338_ef84ad0a-2eab-4f81-856f-7c06ad49b388-image.png

    The pro

    0_1553898336913_a5d97913-5c20-4aaa-b532-600045f1c5cf-image.png

    Im scratching my head over this one ...

    Thank you for your input

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    • G graouss
      29 Mar 2019, 22:26

      Hi,
      I just installed QTcreator on a new machine and i seem to have some trouble to get the debugger working lately. The path exists and the gdb executable is there. However I will get a "Unable to create a debugging engine" error despite that .

      The setup
      0_1553898292324_7a9a72fe-f424-40c5-ab5b-e142ef085889-image.png
      0_1553898309338_ef84ad0a-2eab-4f81-856f-7c06ad49b388-image.png

      The pro

      0_1553898336913_a5d97913-5c20-4aaa-b532-600045f1c5cf-image.png

      Im scratching my head over this one ...

      Thank you for your input

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      aha_1980
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      wrote on 30 Mar 2019, 10:09 last edited by
      #2

      Hi @graouss,

      can you please post the contents for Windows > Views > Debugger Log? They might give us some more insight what's going on.

      Regards

      Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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        AlpinRunner
        wrote on 12 May 2020, 12:21 last edited by AlpinRunner 5 Dec 2020, 12:22
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        Hello exactly same problem since I updated qtCreator 4.12 ( kits and debbuger are automatically found and plug-in debugger option checked) but always this error Unable to create a debugging engine. Please if some one has a solution post it ! Nothing in debbuger log.

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          Mary877
          wrote on 12 May 2020, 12:35 last edited by Mary877
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          If you are installing 5.5.1 for Visual Studio 2013 64 or 32bit, 2012 32bit, 201032bit. ... Unable to create a debugger engine of the type "No engine" ... Now you can debug again, or at least I could mysubwaycard; the problem happened to me when I ... for me) then this is a valid answer, although I actually went for the SDK.

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            mtabacus
            wrote on 23 Jun 2020, 06:55 last edited by
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