How To Install libclamav7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclamav7
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libclamav7
libclamav7 is:
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.
For programs written using the libclamav library. Libclamav may be used to add virus protection into software. The library is thread-safe, and automatically recognizes and scans archives. Scanning is very fast and most of the time not noticeable.
There are three methods to install libclamav7
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libclamav7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libclamav7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclamav7
Install libclamav7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclamav7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclamav7
Install libclamav7 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libclamav7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclamav7
How To Uninstall libclamav7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libclamav7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclamav7
Uninstall libclamav7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclamav7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclamav7
Remove libclamav7 Configurations and Data
To remove libclamav7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclamav7
Remove libclamav7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclamav7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclamav7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclamav7
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.