How To Install valgrind-if-available on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-if-available on Debian 12.
What is valgrind-if-available
valgrind-if-available is:
This metapackage installs Valgrind on architectures where it is available. As the list of archs where Valgrind works changes quite often, explicitly listing it as a [Build-]Depend is cumbersome and prone to being outdated. Instead, you may use this metapackage.
There are three methods to install valgrind-if-available on Debian 12. 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-if-available 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-if-available using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install valgrind-if-available
Install valgrind-if-available Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install valgrind-if-available using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install valgrind-if-available
Install valgrind-if-available 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install valgrind-if-available using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install valgrind-if-available
How To Uninstall valgrind-if-available on Debian 12
To uninstall only the valgrind-if-available package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove valgrind-if-available
Uninstall valgrind-if-available And Its Dependencies
To uninstall valgrind-if-available and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove valgrind-if-available
Remove valgrind-if-available Configurations and Data
To remove valgrind-if-available configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge valgrind-if-available
Remove valgrind-if-available configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove valgrind-if-available configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valgrind-if-available
Dependencies
valgrind-if-available have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-if-available package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
