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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "clamav-daemon" package

This is a short guide on how to install clamav-daemon on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall clamav-daemon on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clamav-daemon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav-daemon package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: clamav-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.103.3+dfsg-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: clamav
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 987
Depends: adduser, clamav-base (= 0.103.3+dfsg-1), clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.3+dfsg) | clamav-data, dpkg (>= 1.16.1), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), procps (>= 1:3.3.2), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.33), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.3), libcurl4 (>= 7.18.2), libncurses6 (>= 6), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2)
Recommends: clamdscan
Suggests: libclamunrar, apparmor, clamav-docs, daemon
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.103.3+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 196256
MD5sum: 0162159c94874fdd264925f2aef9fbc2
SHA1: d559aac21f86dcd3e277353260d5dfa2f7465db2
SHA256: 976e8e12a629f515be2c9e7939248c050744b74aa22eb12ec3f317d3022c767b
SHA512: 0dfe213ad80e067096d1007e636d0601b723539ff616ed0c88dd6e0813fff0ac8e3e92555891c8532588873e0a5979427d8fb62556d6b01e6a9fa7e21e11082a
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner daemon
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 daemon featuring:
- fast, multi-threaded daemon;
- easy integration with MTA's;
- support for on-access scanning;
- remote scanning;
- able to be run supervised by daemon.
Description-md5: dc258511e9e1f62ef33172c190a0fad6