How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "clamav" package

Please follow the guidance below to install clamav on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.10.2
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: 790
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.2+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.28), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.2), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.10.2_amd64.deb
Size: 127912
MD5sum: 7a2bb0506f2592c3b9e801ffd1350cd6
SHA1: cc07c17b3544ca3aa36df249a004feb97a792d8b
SHA256: 2c25b7e1c527ac7c3da5e9ef0c65ee3edeac79b92e079ee5e46ac648b52c1e3e
SHA512: 3732988cb32b112fda251b4fe66fe85644e3891fae5c4b3c00b70804a6d764dc8231c03266acd8357b887be8600b14e033dff2360ea774fe03c34e2b98189bc8
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
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.
.
This package contains the command line interface. Features:
- built-in support for various archive formats, including Zip, Tar,
Gzip, Bzip2, OLE2, Cabinet, CHM, BinHex, SIS and others;
- built-in support for almost all mail file formats;
- built-in support for ELF executables and Portable Executable files
compressed with UPX, FSG, Petite, NsPack, wwpack32, MEW, Upack and
obfuscated with SUE, Y0da Cryptor and others;
- built-in support for popular document formats including Microsoft
Office and Mac Office files, HTML, RTF and PDF.
.
For scanning to work, a virus database is needed. There are two options
for getting it:
- clamav-freshclam: updates the database from Internet. This is
recommended with Internet access.
- clamav-data: for users without Internet access. The package is
not updated once installed. The clamav-getfiles package allows
creating custom packages from an Internet-connected computer.
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.102.4+dfsg-1build1
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: 746
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.102.4+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.28), libclamav9 (>= 0.102.4), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.13.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.102.4+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 123824
MD5sum: 431f3c415b9814fa4d9573429b365162
SHA1: 26b793945151e507ee1f69b9adff32fb8522aa4b
SHA256: 590e528e282bbb2ee9cb7040527cd281674ee422bcf19a7a60706e616eb1f526
SHA512: f1111208611e5355e8a880dd7d79ff02a76f59e96b8977ba6a972ee82cca475d1aa3e00be5d3ba93a55f83f4433abd27213756eb4b40d25b619569c1ce0ab476
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
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.
.
This package contains the command line interface. Features:
- built-in support for various archive formats, including Zip, Tar,
Gzip, Bzip2, OLE2, Cabinet, CHM, BinHex, SIS and others;
- built-in support for almost all mail file formats;
- built-in support for ELF executables and Portable Executable files
compressed with UPX, FSG, Petite, NsPack, wwpack32, MEW, Upack and
obfuscated with SUE, Y0da Cryptor and others;
- built-in support for popular document formats including Microsoft
Office and Mac Office files, HTML, RTF and PDF.
.
For scanning to work, a virus database is needed. There are two options
for getting it:
- clamav-freshclam: updates the database from Internet. This is
recommended with Internet access.
- clamav-data: for users without Internet access. The package is
not updated once installed. The clamav-getfiles package allows
creating custom packages from an Internet-connected computer.
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6