How To Install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 is OpenMPI support for valgrind

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `valgrind-openmpi.x86_64`

A wrapper library for debugging OpenMPI parallel programs with valgrind. See the section on Debugging MPI Parallel Programs with Valgrind in the Valgrind User Manual for details.

We can use yum to install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64.

Install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64

How To Uninstall valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove valgrind-openmpi.x86_64

valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/openmpi/valgrind/libmpiwrap-amd64-linux.so
/usr/lib64/valgrind
/usr/lib64/valgrind/libmpiwrap-amd64-linux.so
/usr/lib64/valgrind/libmpiwrap-x86-linux.so

References

valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-openmpi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.