How to Install and Uninstall valgrind Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 03,2024

You can also install and uninstall the valgrind on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "valgrind" package

This tutorial shows how to install valgrind on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                valgrind
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "valgrind" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall valgrind on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the valgrind package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: valgrind
Version: 1:3.19.0-1
Installed-Size: 77683
Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: valgrind-dev
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libc6-dbg
Recommends: valgrind-dbg, gdb
Suggests: valgrind-mpi, kcachegrind, alleyoop, valkyrie (>> 1.3.0)
Breaks: valgrind-dev
Description: instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools
Description-md5: 0cb016d4f438ed8069cda723e3bb7786
Homepage: http://www.valgrind.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c++, devel::library, devel::profiler,
devel::testing-qa, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::software:running
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/valgrind/valgrind_3.19.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 14266084
MD5sum: 1f43b401269fde44a3a5f4a0b366b3b2
SHA256: 324842f2308a1e42abf2d81ff5eb19a9475fc9db95647f4d9da71444eda4087f