How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "clamav" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install clamav on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall clamav on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clamav
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 25811
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 1.0.5+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.38), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.5), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 5934742
MD5sum: 1b73ecd6ab18fada4cfed1c56d6691ce
SHA1: dd9e17c79ce23f42651d09b98f724ac2318c6c57
SHA256: 100b52918b9e101df257ea043df7111a95cdef554d3f899780db3391bd9a79b7
SHA512: 9563cff1a929c4ee70172a4a54cfcb35a561f009d41bc118d073220fefaac99a444d8809b62f344cd05a185bf2c400c44b9cb7e20ce149db5353f5287964deb4
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6