How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "clamav" package

Learn how to install clamav on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.103.3+dfsg-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: 706
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.3+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.33), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.3), 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_0.103.3+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 118464
MD5sum: 15c97a7511a8baec11f9beadf0be7b9d
SHA1: ef51e4147b942efbcccec8c08a4e7b613044052f
SHA256: ea3c59b80ad3e29b33a8d239982549317ef7b630cca69c2cc6f389cb77f1eba0
SHA512: 84c4c5ab6eee088b0c61445d4f32995c84b1644c7da04123ae417052399245d68d88a0bd72a940485b1bd7aa12fa014cf7489dfdfaff47b198d1cf7fca042cf6
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.
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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.
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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