How to Install and Uninstall clamassassin Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "clamassassin" package

This tutorial shows how to install clamassassin on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall clamassassin on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clamassassin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamassassin package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: clamassassin
Version: 1.2.4-1.1
Installed-Size: 33
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds
Architecture: all
Depends: clamav, procmail
Description: email virus filter wrapper for ClamAV
Description-md5: b12e365364402b946b1ca5b4910b7896
Tag: implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, mail::filters,
role::program, scope::utility, security::antivirus, use::filtering,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/clamassassin/clamassassin_1.2.4-1.1_all.deb
Size: 14192
MD5sum: 188649dbe2887cc5f4ee130e6ca8d4be
SHA256: b2ac5580b040f33446b406601997a9c8d21171d55c3e3643601169834844ee97