How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "clamav" package

Please follow the steps below to install clamav on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall clamav on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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: 769
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.6+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.15), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.6), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c3 (>= 0.10), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 127696
MD5sum: 1e6c52b2903aa09d873f56927a817f41
SHA1: a9dcecb12186b3d2d68d333333870383d3dfe7ce
SHA256: 79c1fe57ebe1025f6847dc610f182c4a40169e62a620a3eefd73f5aa1ee4e6d3
SHA512: ef46841c1352b4333dcf8d88af0829841d5394d9918164b1cdf8caf0d2e7ec6abb6b9a75802d5c2838a22830eb15c44e5a46b8b5c57d1b57b7cd503c0b21e30f
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6
Supported: 5y

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu1
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: 884
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.99.4+addedllvm) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.15), libclamav7 (>= 0.99.4), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 114252
MD5sum: 4f3175693adadcf45d8433b44f57742b
SHA1: 67555383afa1fb56c6588e5397c22de53e6136ac
SHA256: e15eddb7fee80ae695c9a18dbc479eb97161545aaead5805ada099a8894e1194
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6
Supported: 5y