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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "clamdscan" package

This tutorial shows how to install clamdscan on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "clamdscan" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall clamdscan on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: clamdscan
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: 240
Depends: clamav-base (= 0.103.3+dfsg-1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.3)
Suggests: clamav-daemon, clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamdscan_0.103.3+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 45456
MD5sum: 5f429b8de960fbf4dd461cde6f1df3df
SHA1: c3eb981ec3ffab0216a2b1b9313e12caed6d51e2
SHA256: 22ce04f534c41ea75230e645d1435b67f43e1dd4313245a9acf2d336cbf863a3
SHA512: af13e93678f4f4bb4fec340aceec76b29d4d0d5b3702d34b7729176db8afd6289987a7352b772280af16f04c9638c67387b98bb059858fe1a5d495e9f8262169
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner client
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 clamdscan, the command line interface of the clamav
daemon.
Description-md5: ad077e4c74b9870b6e7bb55aef11c547