# Debugging Linux Applications locally

You may either start a local debugging session on a new process or start a local debugging session and attach it to an existing process. Both options are accessible through the command line.

`idat -rlinux MY_PROGRAM`

will start the program, create a temporary database that allows the user to work with the target at once.

![istart\_local\_process.gif](/files/5ZuyxCEfW2IcnRVMpGCB)

The command

`idat -rlinux+`

will offer you a choice of running processes to connect to.

![select\_local\_process](/files/Vlu6vNl7CxPfZhg03K7j)

and we can proceed with our local Linux debugging session.

![attached\_to\_local\_process](/files/Zs3sRn5WeKoU7HtQUfSK)


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