How to Install and Uninstall clamav-freshclam Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "clamav-freshclam" package

Please follow the guidance below to install clamav-freshclam on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall clamav-freshclam on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clamav-freshclam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav-freshclam package on Kali Linux

Package: clamav-freshclam
Source: clamav
Version: 1.0.5+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 362
Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: clamav-data
Depends: clamav-base (>= 1.0.5+dfsg-1), dpkg (>= 1.16.1), logrotate, procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.5)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apparmor, clamav-docs
Conflicts: clamav-data, libclamav2, libclamav3
Size: 150580
SHA256: fcc978f5b8a704b0e1b8c2d91060965aab652c80961d043fc72a1f4e7243c12f
SHA1: 60410db1021640c909c3c2edd256afeb2915c1db
MD5sum: 8ea2377deba9b80291584aa01c9e4be6
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for Unix. The main purpose of
this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment
scanning). The package provides a flexible and scalable
multi-threaded daemon in the clamav-daemon package, a command-line
scanner in the clamav package, and a tool for automatic updating via
the Internet in the clamav-freshclam package. The programs are based
on libclamav, which can be used by other software.
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This package contains the freshclam program and scripts to automate virus
database updating. It relies on an Internet connection, but can be
run in a variety of ways to compensate for intermittent connections.
Description-md5:
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_1.0.5+dfsg-1_amd64.deb