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title: Install valgrind on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of valgrind for on Ubuntu - A programming tool
  for memory debugging, leak detection, and profiling
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/valgrind/ubuntu
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# Install valgrind on **Ubuntu**

# valgrind

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#### A programming tool for memory debugging, leak detection, and profiling

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, two thread error detectors, a cache and branch-prediction profiler, a call-graph generating cache and branch-prediction profiler, a heap profiler, and a second heap profiler that examines how heap blocks are used. It also includes two experimental tools: a stack/global array overrun detector, and a SimPoint basic block vector generator.

**Extra Tool**

This snap also includes the experimental tool Failgrind, which is not part of the upstream Valgrind project.

**Documentation**

Documentation for this release which includes the Failgrind tool is available at <http://valgrind.ral.me/>

The official Valgrind documentation is available at <http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/index.html>

**Snap Package**

The source for this snap package can be found <https://github.com/ralight/valgrind-snap>

**Disclaimer**

This package is not currently affiliated with the upstream valgrind project.

### Package name

* valgrind

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 24 April 2026 - latest/stable
* 24 April 2026 - latest/edge

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install valgrind

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install valgrind

To install valgrind, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install valgrind --classic
```

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