How To Install clamd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamd on Rocky Linux 8. clamd is The Clam AntiVirus Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is clamd

The Clam AntiVirus Daemon See the README file how this can be done with a minimum of effort. This package contains a generic system wide clamd service which is e.g. used by the clamav-milter package.

We can use yum or dnf to install clamd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamd.

Install clamd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install clamd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clamd

Install clamd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install clamd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clamd

How To Uninstall clamd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the clamd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clamd

clamd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/run/clamd.scan
/run/clamd.scan/clamd.sock
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/3c594f0d8f15e1ad03a84555c4e183ba40be40
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/clamd.scan.conf
/usr/sbin/clamd
/usr/share/doc/clamd
/usr/share/doc/clamd/README
/usr/share/doc/clamd/clamd.conf
/usr/share/doc/clamd/clamd.logrotate
/usr/share/man/man5/clamd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/clamd.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.