How to Install and Uninstall clamav-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "clamav-base" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install clamav-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "clamav-base" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall clamav-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clamav-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: clamav-base
Architecture: all
Version: 0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: clamav
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 173
Depends: adduser, logrotate, ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: clamav
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 75738
MD5sum: f386a9ed8497f4ac6a10789a7363e5ac
SHA1: 737184d429e8528f6a1f25891acde30b2fad8b34
SHA256: c71c1d70787cae78ee2ccfa52463ffc23436454dfc6f28a8620cd47b15dfe1bf
SHA512: 15f509b92f7d54aa231edfc65706bac5a9bc30817d319288872e2c5494beba7cec820a88d908c5f160dacc2513ef87e6d6642c322da53fe91064b21390979ce7
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - base package
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 mainly manages the clamav system account. It is not really
useful without the clamav or clamav-daemon package.
Description-md5: 701912f0a2cc626b57570094858a5b1d
Supported: 5y

Package: clamav-base
Architecture: all
Version: 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: clamav
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 114
Depends: adduser, logrotate, ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: clamav
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 20508
MD5sum: c9fee88c7bd07d149657fa9d6acf48c2
SHA1: 16b2b6381b3238faa21f1626fb0358b857605707
SHA256: 84cd2fc791fae0f2b55d29b31cbd434894c6c7ad0204a122ed16baa74b368a04
SHA512: f1656cc0d072fde50c193439bb14abe3d6a955b2d58b4346a7453ae13289d7ddb175be5c6b79d0b083aee140bee1287850b985c8da157c88c5afe7d7cd277b9a
Homepage: https://www.clamav.net/
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - base package
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 mainly manages the clamav system account. It is not really
useful without the clamav or clamav-daemon package.
Description-md5: 701912f0a2cc626b57570094858a5b1d
Supported: 5y

Package: clamav-base
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 334
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ClamAV Team
Architecture: all
Source: clamav
Version: 0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Depends: adduser, logrotate, ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: clamav
Filename: pool/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 58538
MD5sum: 91a7af12849d7d63437f18da1e87248e
SHA1: 5911e9de22c2f12b12f2ec6d411259f18c07378f
SHA256: 8ecaedaeae82babef4de68a35e143b1e0563567c5fdff1efbfd023c07f3d2fb1
Description-en: anti-virus utility for Unix - base package
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 mainly manages the clamav system account. It is not really
useful without the clamav or clamav-daemon package.
Description-md5: 701912f0a2cc626b57570094858a5b1d
Homepage: http://www.clamav.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y