# Usage of tools/gdb/gdbinit | |
Usage of Chromium's [gdbinit](../tools/gdb/gdbinit) is recommended when | |
debugging with gdb on any platform. This is necessary for source-level debugging | |
when `strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols` or `use_custom_libcxx` are | |
enabled (they're enabled by default), and also adds extra features like | |
pretty-printing of custom Chromium types. | |
To use, add the following to your `~/.gdbinit` | |
``` | |
source /path/to/chromium/src/tools/gdb/gdbinit | |
``` |