Debugging C++ with VSCode and Nix-Shell

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Alternatively you can add

programs.nix-ld.enable = true;

to your configuration.nix to fix the problem as I mentioned here:

Can't run C++ Debugger in VSCode

Adding programs.nix-ld.enable = true; to your configuration.nix solves this. This let’s you run non-nixos built executables like OpenDebugAD7. Here’s the github page The Nixos vscode page also mentions it but only under the ‘Remote SSH’ section.