How To Install valgrind-dbg on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-dbg on Kali Linux.

What is valgrind-dbg

valgrind-dbg 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.

This package provides the debug symbols for valgrind’s tools and libraries.

There are three methods to install valgrind-dbg on Kali Linux. 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-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install valgrind-dbg

Install valgrind-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install valgrind-dbg

Install valgrind-dbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install valgrind-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valgrind-dbg

How To Uninstall valgrind-dbg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove valgrind-dbg

Uninstall valgrind-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall valgrind-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valgrind-dbg

Remove valgrind-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove valgrind-dbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge valgrind-dbg

Remove valgrind-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove valgrind-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valgrind-dbg

Dependencies

valgrind-dbg have the following dependencies:

• valgrind

References

• valgrind-dbg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-dbg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.