Answer: How to install valgrind properly?

Short answer: Make from source.

How?

1. Uninstall the non working valgrind version with root rights (eg. sudo):

apt-get --purge valgrind or dpkg --remove valgrind or yum remove valgrind

2. Obtain sources from here.

3. Identify the latest version (for example 3.17.0)

4. Download sources : wget https://sourceware.org/pub/valgrind/valgrind-3.17.0.tar.bz2

5. Decompress archive tar xvf…