How To Install valgrind on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind on Ubuntu.
What is valgrind
valgrind is:
Valgrind is a system for debugging and profiling Linux programs. With its tool suite you can automatically detect many memory management and threading bugs, avoiding hours of frustrating bug-hunting and making your programs more stable. You can also perform detailed profiling to help speed up your programs and use Valgrind to build new tools.
The Valgrind distribution currently includes six production-quality tools:
- a memory error detector (Memcheck)
- two thread error detectors (Helgrind and DRD)
- a cache and branch-prediction profiler (Cachegrind)
- a call-graph generating cache and branch-prediction profiler (Callgrind)
- a heap profiler (Massif) It also includes three experimental tools:
- a stack/global array overrun detector (SGCheck)
- a second heap profiler that examines how heap blocks are used (DHAT)
- a SimPoint basic block vector generator (BBV)
There are three methods to install valgrind on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install valgrind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install valgrind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install valgrind
Install valgrind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install valgrind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install valgrind
Install valgrind Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install valgrind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install valgrind
How To Uninstall valgrind on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the valgrind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove valgrind
Uninstall valgrind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall valgrind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove valgrind
Remove valgrind Configurations and Data
To remove valgrind configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge valgrind
Remove valgrind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove valgrind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valgrind
Dependencies
valgrind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.