# 1) Download it (use wget if you don't have curl) curl -O http://valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-3.7.0.tar.bz2 # use md5sum to make sure it matches the one on the site md5sum valgrind-3.7.0.tar.bz2 # 2) Unpack it. tar -xjvf valgrind-3.7.0.tar.bz2 # cd into the newly created directory cd valgrind-3.7.0 # 3) configure it ./configure # 4) make it make # 5) install it (need root) sudo make install