unable to read core dumps on unix. Is there another way than using GDB?

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hi all,
I am having set of core dumps obtained from client server. Now i am trying to read them but unable to do so.
I have few queries:

  1. Core dumps were generated on some xyz server and copied to my unix virtual. Can I read them as text here?
  2. I tried installing gdb-7.3 but when i fire "make" command it will show error message as:
configure: error: no termcap library found
make[1]: *** [configure-gdb] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sshetye/gdb-7.3'
make: *** [all] Error 2
  1. so i tried installing 'ncurses-5.5.tar' but again on 'make' command it is giving me error as:
cd ../objects;   -I../c++ -I../include -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../include  -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG  -c ../c++/cursesf.cc
/bin/sh: -I../c++: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [../objects/cursesf.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sshetye/ncurses-5.5/c++'
make: *** [all] Error 2

How can I resolve these errors?
4. Is there any another way to read core dumps in text format, instead using GDB?
Note: output of command "file core.11249_gcws2145" is as below:
ELF 64-bit LSB core file AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'submit_xup.pl'

  1. I fed up with installing GDB on my machine, please let me know if there is any another way to read core dumps in text format.

[For moderators: there are threads which are some how similar to my problem, but not exactly matching my requirements and these threads are old enough too, so i have created this new thread].

Thanks in advance,
Suyog

---------- Post updated 02-07-12 at 04:08 AM ---------- Previous update was 02-06-12 at 09:54 AM ----------

Hi all,
I able to install gdb-7.3 at my unix virtual. But still i am unable to read core dumps. tried with this command " gdb -c core.11249_gcws2145" but output as:

[New LWP 11288]
[New LWP 11286]
[New LWP 11249]
Core was generated by `/usr/bin/perl /home/ssl/bin/submit_xup.pl LARGE'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x0000003a4de08219 in ?? ()
(gdb)

I won't be able to read whole core dump file.
What will be the command to read core dump which is in binary form??
Please reply.

Thanks,