Re: CGI PERL Remote Debugging

I assume that you have SSH access to the server, and PuTTY or another terminal slient on your Windows machine.

If you do, it is as simple as this:

Open your favourite terminal client.
cd to the directory where the script is located
run a command like the following:
perl -dw script.pl
(Notice the -d switch)

Use the perl debugger provided, which is quite good. If you have VNC and X11 on the server, Devel-ptkdb is very handy.

~Thomas~

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Re^2: CGI PERL Remote Debugging by ujanba01 (Initiate) on Dec 26, 2011 at 10:05 UTC
Thanks for the Response Thomas. Above steps did not helped for my actual question. I need to debug the PERL CGI code from Windows(client) using IDE. The source code exists and runs in a Linux server. Now I use to connect Linux server using Putty and debugging the PERL code. However, to ease the job, it would be fine if we have a Komodo kind of IDE but free or open, which has the ability to do remote debugging. Note: The linux server has limited access to the developer, so installing VNC or X11 in the server is not possible as of now.	[reply]
Re^3: CGI PERL Remote Debugging by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2011 at 15:42 UTC
Like thomas895 said, all you need is ssh2 access, no X11 required. Once you connect, you change the shebang for the CGI to <C>#!/usr/bin/perl -d and you set perl5db.pl RemotePort option to localhost:666119 ... http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/4.4/debugperl.html# Debugging Perl http://community.activestate.com/forum/help-interactive-debugging-windows# Help: Interactive debugging on Windows http://plosquare.blogspot.com/2009/04/debugging-modperl-applications-with.html# Debugging mod_perl with EPIC http://www252.pair.com/comdog/mastering_perl/Chapters/04.debugger.html# Mastering Perl: Debugging Perl http://wiki.eprints.org/w/EclipseEpicPerlDebug Enabling GUI Debugging under Mod_Perl http://books.google.com/books?id=UDUmoHOUXiMC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=perl5db+Remote+Port+tutorial&source=bl&ots=_7fyyfZ2VK&sig=IBHqYwf7yXF0JKKx0Oh2VsZF9v0&hl=en Devel::ebug, ebug_http, ebug-client, ebug-server	[reply]