How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "clamav" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install clamav on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                clamav
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "clamav" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall clamav on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clamav
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: clamav
Version: 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 778
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.6+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.28), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.6), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c3 (>= 0.10), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::antivirus, use::scanning, works-with::file,
works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 180796
SHA256: 46c04226209ee00036eb925facd2c42ff3f791911296e9d8656421e4bad693e5

Package: clamav
Version: 0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 778
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.5+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.28), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.5), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c3 (>= 0.10), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::antivirus, use::scanning, works-with::file,
works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 180368
MD5sum: 095c05c4f55c9a317448a802ebf97034
SHA256: a46b781d0e3b400759e3d19ce54f4aecae8624a816eaed69fdd8fbdcc30cdef4