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

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "clamav-freshclam" package

Please follow the steps below to install clamav-freshclam on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall clamav-freshclam 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-freshclam package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: clamav-freshclam
Source: clamav
Version: 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 361
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: clamav-data
Depends: clamav-base (>= 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1), dpkg (>= 1.16.1), logrotate, procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.3)
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_1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 149748
MD5sum: 64f2c7a8ba89b4d480c81f97eda88a16
SHA256: 861aed4461c66313b359831a26100b2194c35d511bdff84e6dbfc2623315423d