How To Install valgrind-mpi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install valgrind-mpi on Kali Linux. valgrind-mpi is instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools (MPI module)

Introduction

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

What is valgrind-mpi

valgrind-mpi 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 “mpiwrap” library for debugging distributed-memory applications which use the MPI message passing standard.

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

sudo apt-get -y install valgrind-mpi

Install valgrind-mpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install valgrind-mpi

Install valgrind-mpi 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-mpi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valgrind-mpi

How To Uninstall valgrind-mpi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove valgrind-mpi

Uninstall valgrind-mpi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valgrind-mpi

Remove valgrind-mpi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge valgrind-mpi

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

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

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

Dependencies

valgrind-mpi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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