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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "clamav-freshclam" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall clamav-freshclam on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: clamav-freshclam
Source: clamav
Version: 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 371
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: clamav-data
Depends: clamav-base (>= 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1), dpkg (>= 1.16.1), logrotate, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.4), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.6)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apparmor, clamav-docs
Conflicts: clamav-data, libclamav2, libclamav3
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
Description-md5: 82c68e4f7c984e3d6bdc720ae842fca8
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
role::program, scope::utility, security::antivirus, use::downloading,
works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 179948
SHA256: 6aac143864c0155bc805516eb05d1e3a05fa1937a6259b9424fd7d5521b738f3

Package: clamav-freshclam
Source: clamav
Version: 0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 371
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: clamav-data
Depends: clamav-base (>= 0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb10u1), dpkg (>= 1.16.1), logrotate, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.4), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.5)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apparmor, clamav-docs
Conflicts: clamav-data, libclamav2, libclamav3
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
Description-md5: 82c68e4f7c984e3d6bdc720ae842fca8
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
role::program, scope::utility, security::antivirus, use::downloading,
works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 179168
MD5sum: 44eba3b0586a62e30a0fffcb19f95dbd
SHA256: 157b7843fe93444083f05de7d46ba662e0b3d1c5f887004cb2d8bb9b711b8de7