clamassassin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "clamassassin" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install clamassassin on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                clamassassin
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall clamassassin on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                clamassassin
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "clamassassin" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone clamassassin's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/clamassassin.git 
            
                        
                ~/clamassassin
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/clamassassin folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/clamassassin
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamassassin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 193372
Name: clamassassin
PackageBaseID: 13699
PackageBase: clamassassin
Version: 1.2.4-6
Description: A simple virus filter wrapper for ClamAV.
URL: http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1700392253
Maintainer: starfry
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1194668653
LastModified: 1434123138
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/clamassassin.tar.gz