How to build and install Valgrind on Mac?

Question

I am on Mac OS X using codeblocks 10.05

I downloaded Valgrind, and extracted a folder. I am completely lost from there, and have no idea how to build it.

I do no

Answer 1

On MacOS High Sierra

If you have the following error message:

brew install valgrind
valgrind: This formula either does not compile or function as expected on macOS
versions newer than Sierra due to an upstream incompatibility.

Fix

(1) To correctly install it, first, type the following command at the Terminal (which opens Valgrind’s formulae)

brew edit valgrind

And change the URL in head section

https://sourceware.org/git/valgrind.git

to

git://sourceware.org/git/valgrind.git

(2) Do an update for Homebrew:

brew update

(3) Finally, use the following command to install Valgrind from the HEAD:

brew install --HEAD valgrind

Sources

• https://www.gungorbudak.com/blog/2018/04/28/how-to-install-valgrind-on-macos-high-sierra/
• https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/18998