How To Install valgrind-devel on CentOS 8

valgrind-devel is Development files for valgrind aware programs Development files for valgrind aware programs

Introduction

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

What is valgrind-devel

Header files and libraries for development of valgrind aware programs. valgrind-devel 1 3.16.0 4.el8 x86_64 92 k valgrind-3.16.0-4.el8.src.rpm appstream Development files for valgrind aware programs http GPLv2+ Header files and libraries for development of valgrind aware programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install valgrind-devel on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove valgrind-devel

valgrind-devel Package Contents on CentOS 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

References

Summary

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