Run debug program as root, or start CLion as root?

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Created May 04, 2016 20:02

I have a program that requires root access. I can run it from the command line in the Debug directory - sudo ./MyProject

I would like to run it using the CLion debugger. Is there a way to start the program as root? Or launch CLion as root on Linux? I can only seem to find the install script.

6 comments

Anna Filippova

Created May 05, 2016 11:35

Hi!

You can launch CLion as root via

sudo ./clion.sh

As for the debugging as root we have a feature request in the tracker: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/OC-7325. Please upvote.

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Created May 05, 2016 16:20

Thanks, Anna. I started to try that before but it looked like it was installing clion again. I went all the way through it this time and I was able to debug my program. I can get back to working more efficiently without having to debug in a terminal. Thanks!

I'm using Ubuntu. I still have a desktop app that will open CLion and run without sudo privileges. When I re-ran the script as sudo, I did not have to go through the "installation" screens again.

Is there a way to get the sudo'd installed version on my launcher? Or at least remove the the first normal installation so I don't inadvertently open it? Installation is probably not the right word, but it seems I have two configuration type files somewhere.

Thanks!