How To Install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8.

What is gcc-toolset-9-valgrind

Valgrind is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools. There are Valgrind tools that can automatically detect many memory management and threading bugs, and profile your programs in detail. You can also use Valgrind to build new tools. The Valgrind distribution currently includes six production-quality tools error detector (memcheck, the default tool), two thread error detectors (helgrind and drd), a cache and branch-prediction profiler (cachegrind), a call-graph generating cache and branch-prediction profiler (callgrind), and a heap profiler (massif). Valgrind is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools. There are Valgrind tools that can automatically detect many memory management and threading bugs, and profile your programs in detail. You can also use Valgrind to build new tools. The Valgrind distribution currently includes six production-quality tools error detector (memcheck, the default tool), two thread error detectors (helgrind and drd), a cache and branch-prediction profiler (cachegrind), a call-graph generating cache and branch-prediction profiler (callgrind), and a heap profiler (massif).

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind.

Install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind

Install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-valgrind package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-valgrind

References

• gcc-toolset-9-valgrind website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-valgrind on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.