http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.2.tar.bz2 [[http://kratz00.org/files/gdb-7.2-use_installed_readline.patch|gdb-7.2-use_installed_readline.patch]] Compile the package: rm -rf readline && patch -p1 -i ../gdb-7.2-use_installed_readline.patch && mkdir gdb-build && cd gdb-build && $PWD/../configure --prefix=/usr && make Install the package make -C gdb install make -C gdb install is used to only install the gdb files. If the -C gdb switch is not used, files from this package will overwrite system files installed from binutils.