How To Install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8. valgrind-devel is Development files for valgrind aware programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is valgrind-devel

Header files and libraries for development of valgrind aware programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install valgrind-devel.

Install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install valgrind-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install valgrind-devel

Install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install valgrind-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install valgrind-devel

How To Uninstall valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the valgrind-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove valgrind-devel

valgrind-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/valgrind
/usr/include/valgrind/callgrind.h
/usr/include/valgrind/drd.h
/usr/include/valgrind/helgrind.h
/usr/include/valgrind/memcheck.h
/usr/include/valgrind/valgrind.h
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/valgrind.pc
/usr/include/valgrind
/usr/include/valgrind/callgrind.h
/usr/include/valgrind/drd.h
/usr/include/valgrind/helgrind.h
/usr/include/valgrind/memcheck.h
/usr/include/valgrind/valgrind.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/valgrind.pc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.