[Bug] FileNotFoundError: Missing file file

[hacker-jerry]

GEF+GDB version

GEF version: latest
GDB version: GNU gdb (Ubuntu 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04) 12.1

Operating System

ubuntu20.04_x86_64(docker on mac m1)

Describe the issue you encountered

root@f30a4d73922f:/home/pwn# gdb
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10878, in <module>
    reset()
  File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 190, in reset
    gef.setup()
  File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10809, in setup
    self.reinitialize_managers()
  File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10804, in reinitialize_managers
    self.session = GefSessionManager()
  File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10454, in __init__
    self.constants[constant] = which(constant)
  File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 1810, in which
    raise FileNotFoundError(f"Missing file `{program}`")
FileNotFoundError: Missing file `file`

When I start gdb, gef cannot load properly. I tried peda, it works. But the error message of gef makes me puzzle. What is the meaning of missing file? Which file?

Thx.

Do you read the docs and look at previously closed issues/PRs for similar cases?

Yes

Architecture impacted

• X86
• X64
• ARM
• ARM64
• MIPS
• MIPS64
• PPC
• PPC64
• RISCV

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Provide a step-by-step to reproduce your issue.

I clone repo gef, and echo "source /home/pwn/gef/gef.py" >> ~/.gdbinit.

Then I start gdb and get that error message.

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// compile with gcc -fPIE -pic -o my_issue.out my_issue.c
int main(){ return 0; }

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[Grazfather]

Not a bug. You need a file called file. sudo apt install file