How to Install and Uninstall clamav Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the clamav on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "clamav" package

This tutorial shows how to install clamav on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "clamav" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall clamav on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.103.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
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: 702
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.11+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.11), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.103.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 133852
MD5sum: 750ec107c25479cf6d3e59c831c9e1c2
SHA1: cd837477b93120a2ef1ed2913be9f66a22cab71a
SHA256: ef3651055f7ac5a28762802742f31293a87ef1858273cedcb663b0ed5fc597ed
SHA512: 3308f8d6c6d642e9da26e9293c74734134aa4c0993df42219be24bed6147162dcdda4c5297fb1c2aa93adf6f7254d622f3c9d518381d32459eef5978dc595221
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6

Package: clamav
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.103.5+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: 702
Depends: clamav-freshclam (>= 0.103.5+dfsg) | clamav-data, libc6 (>= 2.34), libclamav9 (>= 0.103.5), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Recommends: clamav-base
Suggests: libclamunrar, clamav-docs
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.103.5+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 133620
MD5sum: 98cabe61a322d8f1b162b187ea9bf5bd
SHA1: a03d47c5e5df9551e1ac9b22f77296d82724900a
SHA256: edf723ea76a627d87e23e0836d796881a0476e9bfff413de124047941722413a
SHA512: 85fc7b651d0ab0b12b43b7ef43d8406c83d41ecba7b52a1777ce12c621639b26522673afcad03db8b833bd0369dcfbac47fe460dc3b629378921248eb853be42
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
Description-md5: fb7be82d5591a0f3facf827f0a60c5d6