How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: April 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the clamav on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "clamav" package

This is a short guide on how to install clamav on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall clamav on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: clamav
Version: 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 29047
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 1.0.3+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.3), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), 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_1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 5673236
MD5sum: a37963e34f2f38a723b5e541f6a734fd
SHA256: 85f620f5471556242e41f3f05d2028b5066d0fe15e6fbe87c7d39382902197f1