How To Install valgrind on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind on Kali Linux. valgrind is instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools

Introduction

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

What is valgrind

valgrind 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.

The Valgrind distribution currently includes six production-quality tools:

  • a memory error detector (Memcheck)
  • two thread error detectors (Helgrind and DRD)
  • a cache and branch-prediction profiler (Cachegrind)
  • a call-graph generating cache and branch-prediction profiler (Callgrind)
  • a heap profiler (Massif) It also includes three experimental tools:
  • a stack/global array overrun detector (SGCheck)
  • a second heap profiler that examines how heap blocks are used (DHAT)
  • a SimPoint basic block vector generator (BBV)

There are three methods to install valgrind 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install valgrind

Install valgrind Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install valgrind

Install valgrind 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valgrind

How To Uninstall valgrind on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove valgrind

Uninstall valgrind And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valgrind

Remove valgrind Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge valgrind

Remove valgrind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valgrind

Dependencies

valgrind have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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