idb has some prerequisites. As it turns out, things like ruby and Qt are difficult to bundle into a stand-alone installer. While idb itself can easily be installed via Ruby Gems, you need to have some additional software first:
Prerequisites
Ruby Environment
idb requires a valid ruby 2.1+ installation and it is recommended to install the used ruby using RVM. Ruby 2.0 does not work properly due to issues with qtbindings.
Important Note: Shared library support is required! This is the default for many system rubies, but if you install a ruby via
rvm or similar, you need to do one of the following:- Under
rvmuservm install 2.4.1 --enable-sharedwhen installing ruby. - Under
ruby-install/chrubyuse-- --enable-sharedwhen installing ruby. - Under
ruby-build/rbenvwithruby-builduseCONFIGURE_OPTS=--enable-shared [command]when installing Ruby.
Install Other Prerequisites:
For OS X:
Homebrew removed Qt4 from the main repositories and only provides Qt5 libraries. Unfortunately, there are no Qt5 bindings for ruby available as of yet. The following will add a repository containing Qt4 libraries. Thanks to moloch- for posting the instructions on Github.
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Install the remaining dependencies
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Building
nokogiri will likely require a working XCode installation:1 | |
If you run into problems compiling nokogiri upon installation of idb, checkhttp://www.nokogiri.org/tutorials/installing_nokogiri.html
For Ubuntu:
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Installing idb
- Install idb:
gem install idb - Run idb:
idb - Hooray!
