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

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "clamav-freshclam" package

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


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall clamav-freshclam on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


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

Package: clamav-freshclam
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: clamav
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 461
Provides: clamav-data
Depends: clamav-base (>= 1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1), dpkg (>= 1.16.1), logrotate, procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.38), libclamav11 (>= 1.0.5)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apparmor, clamav-docs
Conflicts: clamav-data, libclamav2, libclamav3
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 97150
MD5sum: 28b3dbc8ad9d2a08fc3a5e04b62b4b92
SHA1: cd5dd450c45101bcd42aceb7ccf3fc4552bc76b3
SHA256: d81e723d9dfe0fc1cca86ec6427f56bc78853dffbef488f83497986bbf0ffebe
SHA512: aea7082d07c7228344338167d354d5628c1e1b6bc2897415f3284b65952e74315dc6990fa4b1e0356026c712e9ca1d303db05a3941bef6e78d9e66ab4a839aca
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
Description-md5: 82c68e4f7c984e3d6bdc720ae842fca8