Unable to build and install Valgrind on macOS High Sierra - macos

Question

I cannot install Valgrind on macOS High Sierra. It's not available through brew. I've tried with 3.10. After make install, I get this message:
configure: error: Valgrind works on Darwin 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, 13.x and 14.x (Mac OS X 10.6/7/8/9/10)
Homebrew says:
valgrind: This formula either does not compile or function as expected on macOS
versions newer than Sierra due to an upstream incompatibility.
Error: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build.

Answer 1

I had the problem like this.
So, I found the solving. You should install valgrind by this code
brew install --HEAD valgrind

Answer 2

I have created a port of valgrind 3.13.0 to work on macOS High Sierra (10.13.x). You can get it here: https://github.com/padiakalpesh/valgrind_3.13_high_sierra
Once you have obtained the source, run the following commands from inside the source directory:
./configure
make
sudo make install

Answer 3

brew install Valgrind has some compatibility problem when installing on latest macOS but there is a workaround with this problem. You must be getting this error message when you try to install it using brew.
$brew install valgrind
valgrind: This formula either does not compile or function as expected on macOS
versions newer than High Sierra due to an upstream incompatibility.
Error: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build.
-------------------------------------------------------------------SOLUTION--------------------------------------------------------------
Step1: $brew edit valgrind
Step2: Find this line in the file ->(url "https://sourceware.org/git/valgrind.git")
Step3: Replace it with -> (url "git://sourceware.org/git/valgrind.git")
Step4: $brew update
Step5: $brew install --HEAD valgrind
And Done!
Let me know if it still doesn't work.
Thanks!!

Answer 4

I have got this working in July 2018, for reference:
https://gist.github.com/AlessandroMinali/d8316d6cc650c97027433644c2ff31ee
Edit ./configure
- 5468: applellvm-5.1|applellvm-6.*|applellvm-7.*|applellvm-8.*)
+ 5468: applellvm-5.1|applellvm-6.*|applellvm-7.*|applellvm-8.*|applellvm-9.*)
- 5879: 16.*)
+ 5879: 17.*)
Run
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
Create file ~/.valgrind.supp
# false positive for any executable (it seems)
# macOS 10.12.6
# valgrind 3.13.0
{
libtrace initialization false positive
Memcheck:Param
msg->desc.port.name
fun:mach_msg_trap
fun:mach_msg
fun:task_set_special_port
fun:_os_trace_create_debug_control_port
fun:_libtrace_init
}
Create file ~/.valgrindrc
--suppressions=$HOME/.valgrind.supp
Troubleshooting
if can not read suppresion file copy and paste the contents of $HOME
if it complains about clang versions, bump the first edit up
if it complains about Darwin version, bump the second edit up

Answer 5

using the brew install --HEAD valgrind also worked for me, but be sure to know that it will take awhile to pull the HEAD version, and build/install.
However, no other changes were needed.

Answer 6

I build the git head version of Valgrind on macOS fairly regularly. If you have xcode installed then there isn't much more to it than following the instructions here.
I'll update with my build script later.
As an alternative, you might want to consider clang sanitizers. This can be enabled in xcode, or with the -fsanitize=X option (where X is address, undefined, thread, memory and a few others).

Answer 7

Valgrind is a rather touchy piece of software, and requires updates for each major release of macOS.
As of February 2018, there is no released version of Valgrind which supports macOS High Sierra (10.13). You will need to use a development version of Valgrind, or use alternate tools. (Apple's Instruments may have some of the functionality you are looking for.)

Answer 8

MacPorts version started working for me in Sep 2018!
The command, for completeness sake (completes very fast - apparently, prebuilt):
sudo port install valgrind-devel
Version:
$ valgrind --version
valgrind-3.14.0.GIT

Answer 9

The following worked for me using the latest Valgrind release 3.14.0 (9th October 2018) on macOS 10.13.6.
VERSION="3.14.0"
wget -O - http://www.valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-"$VERSION".tar.bz2 | tar xjf -
cd valgrind-"$VERSION"
# use --prefix=/path/to if you want it installed somewhere in particular
./configure
make
# may need sudo
make install
# test all is working
valgrind ls -l
These instructions are taken from the README inside the Valgrind release tar ball.