title: set breakpoint in an stripped ELF executable
body: <p>I have an ELF 32-bit dynamically linked, stripped file which I wish to debug. While trying to set a breakpoint at an address a message saying that the symbol table is not loaded.</p>
  
  <p>My questions are:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>When you say that an ELF file is <code>stripped</code> what exactly is happening?</li>
  <li>How do you strip an ELF file?</li>
  <li>Is it possible to reconstruct the symbol table somehow?</li>
  <li>Is it not possible to set breakpoints in gdb on a stripped executable?</li>
  </ol>