Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH when using the Gnu Project Debugger (gdb)
If you get this:
ImportError: lpthread.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Do this:
set environment LD_LIBRARY_PATH=directory where lpthread.so is
The reason for this problem is that gdb doesn't use the same settings as your session so specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your bash session won't work.