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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "clamdscan" package

This guide let you learn how to install clamdscan on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall clamdscan on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: clamdscan
Source: clamav
Version: 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 213
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: clamav-base (= 1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.3)
Suggests: clamav-daemon, clamav-docs
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner client
Description-md5: ad077e4c74b9870b6e7bb55aef11c547
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamdscan_1.0.3+dfsg-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 56572
MD5sum: 213cfee22f755644650cd1987ae553d3
SHA256: ede57cebc671e3598c21138d7a1f93658af930d658dfdf4f39455febe20e726b