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## Appendix K Download debugging resources with Debuginfod

`debuginfod` is an HTTP server for distributing ELF, DWARF and source files.

With the `debuginfod` client library, `libdebuginfod`, gdb can query servers using the build IDs associated with missing debug info, executables and source files in order to download them on demand.

For instructions on building gdb with `libdebuginfod`, see –with-debuginfod. `debuginfod` is packaged with `elfutils`, starting with version 0.178. See https://sourceware.org/elfutils/Debuginfod.html for more information regarding `debuginfod`.