GEF+GDB version

GNU gdb (Debian 13.1-3) 13.1
.gef-2024.01.py

Operating System

Parrot OS 6.5.0

Describe the issue you encountered

Error when starting gdb:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/parrot/.gef-2024.01.py", line 11303, in
assert site_packages_dir.is_dir()
AssertionError

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

Describe your issue. Without a proper reproduction step-by-step, your issue will be ignored.

I just installed GEF via $ bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gef.blah.cat/sh)" and opened gdb just to be faced with the following:

parrot@parrot ~/$ gdb
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/parrot/.gef-2024.01.py", line 11303, in
assert site_packages_dir.is_dir()
AssertionError
(gdb)

I use pyenv as I do not have many options with the python "error: externally-managed-environment" pip issue and PEP 668. Besides system I also have python 2.7.18 and python 3.12.2 installed.

parrot@parrot ~/reg$ pyenv versions

• system (set by /home/parrot/.pyenv/version)
  2.7.18
  3.12.2
  3.12.2/envs/pwntools
  pwntools --> /home/parrot/.pyenv/versions/3.12.2/envs/pwntools

Minimalist test case

No response

Additional context?

No response