Debugging

Test first
Before you go through the pain off debugging use the test framework to check if the standard tests work properly. If not there is maybe a broken installation.

command line
The debugging of FreeCAD is supported by a few internal mechanisms. The command line version of FreeCAD provides to options for debugging support:
 * -v: With the "v" option FreeCAD gives a more verbose output.
 * -l: With the "l" option FreeCAD writes additional information to a logfile.