How To Install valgrind-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
