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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "clamdscan" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install clamdscan on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall clamdscan on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: clamdscan
Source: clamav
Version: 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 253
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: clamav-base (= 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1), libc6 (>= 2.28), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.6)
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_0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 104944
MD5sum: a3d6a88f037f9a1b11911923253178e0
SHA256: bdae8dddea6a0652a250a8a2a59c10ff7a40571cad9af2f610f42592ac35b97b