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

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "clamav-base" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install clamav-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "clamav-base" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall clamav-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav-base package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: clamav-base
Source: clamav
Version: 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 145
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: all
Depends: adduser, logrotate, ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: clamav
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - base package
Description-md5: 701912f0a2cc626b57570094858a5b1d
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::app-data, role::program,
security::antivirus, use::scanning, works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 90936
MD5sum: 06bba6d41b709de88824856a0f2ebb47
SHA256: 331c3e980cbe73752960f1356e4845158da1aab3bbe173a14aef6efcf1e2c19d