How to Install and Uninstall clamav-base Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "clamav-base" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install clamav-base on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall clamav-base on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: clamav-base
Source: clamav
Version: 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 178
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_0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1_all.deb
Size: 129036
MD5sum: fc515698dd16ee5246a25bb9b017f7c2
SHA256: ff8bf0e675b51f888d8489bffc078f1db512246cde3a41e688c4738a45d05758