How to upgrade to Valgrind 3.10.0 on Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

I am trying to upgrade from Valgrind 3.7.0 to Valgrind 3.10.0 on Ubuntu 12.04.

I have run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade but when I try

sudo apt-get install valgrind

it returns

valgrind is already the newest version.

But Valgrind remains at version 3.7.0.

Answer 1

You can upgrade valgrind as follows:

wget http://valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-3.10.1.tar.bz2
tar -xjf valgrind-3.10.1.tar.bz2
cd valgrind-3.10.1
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
ccache --clear

Answer 2

You could also try to back-port the valgrind package from Trusty to Precise:

1. Download the source files and extract them:

   wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/v/valgrind/valgrind_3.10~20140411.orig.tar.gz http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/v/valgrind/valgrind_3.10~20140411-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz
   tar -xf valgrind_3.10~20140411.orig.tar.gz
   cd valgrind-3.10~20140411
   tar -xf ../valgrind_3.10~20140411-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz
   

2. Install build dependencies:

   sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts debhelper autotools-dev dh-autoreconf bash-completion gdb docbook docbook-xsl docbook-xml xsltproc
   sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib libc6-dev-i386 # only if you're on amd64
   

3. Add a changelog entry and compile:

   debchange -l~local 'Backport to Precise'
   nice debuild -b -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
   

4. Install the newly built package:

   sudo dpkg -i ../valgrind_1:3.10~20140411-0ubuntu1~local1_*.deb
   

There's also Valgrind 3.10.1 in trusty-updates that can be built with the same recipe.