How to Install and Uninstall valgrind.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "valgrind.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install valgrind.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                valgrind.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "valgrind.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall valgrind.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the valgrind.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

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Available Packages
Name : valgrind
Epoch : 1
Version : 3.18.1
Release : 7.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 11 M
Source : valgrind-3.18.1-7.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Tool for finding memory management bugs in programs
URL : http://www.valgrind.org/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Valgrind is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis
: tools. There are Valgrind tools that can automatically detect many
: memory management and threading bugs, and profile your programs in
: detail. You can also use Valgrind to build new tools. The Valgrind
: distribution currently includes six production-quality tools: a memory
: error detector (memcheck, the default tool), two thread error
: detectors (helgrind and drd), a cache and branch-prediction profiler
: (cachegrind), a call-graph generating cache and branch-prediction
: profiler (callgrind), and a heap profiler (massif).