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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "clamav-daemon" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall clamav-daemon 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-daemon package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: clamav-daemon
Source: clamav
Version: 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1010
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, clamav-base (= 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1), clamav-freshclam (>= 1.0.3+dfsg) | clamav-data, dpkg (>= 1.16.1), procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.3), libcurl4 (>= 7.18.2), libncurses6 (>= 6), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: clamdscan
Suggests: libclamunrar, apparmor, clamav-docs, daemon
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner daemon
Description-md5: dc258511e9e1f62ef33172c190a0fad6
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
mail::filters, network::server, role::program, security::antivirus,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::scanning, works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 210876
MD5sum: ccb0293d29a87c1b3a80c73e91a1ee12
SHA256: f34e5d18ba20290c8ac380db268ff49e98e1baefb4dee64792d7a0e836df7c71