How To Install klamav on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install klamav in Fedora 36. klamav is Clam Anti-Virus on the KDE Desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install klamav on Fedora 36.

What is `klamav`

ClamAV Anti-Virus protection for the KDE desktop.

We can use yum or dnf to install klamav on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install klamav.

Install klamav on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install klamav

Install klamav on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install klamav

How To Uninstall klamav on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove klamav

klamav Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ScanWithKlamAV
/usr/bin/klamarkollon
/usr/bin/klamav
/usr/bin/klammail
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/0ce57cf80ac141976770e19c681092d7add8b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/4aabc207bbd6111794611ab2f6b2d5c3559ec9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/c047e11d3ac7d69b49fa8a6db6a1027802b7d0
/usr/share/applications/klamav.desktop
/usr/share/apps/klamav
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about/aboutklamav.html
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about/klam.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about/main.html
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about/nodb.html
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about/tshirt.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/about/wait.html
/usr/share/apps/klamav/eventsrc
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/klamav_scan_found.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/klamav_scan_safe.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/klamav_scanning.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav_error.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav_on_acc_disabled.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav_on_acc_enabled.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav_quarantining.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav_update_required.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav_virus.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/share/apps/klamav/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/klamav.png
/usr/share/apps/klamav/klamavui.rc
/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/klamav-dropdown.desktop
/usr/share/config.kcfg/klamavconfig.kcfg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/klamav
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/klamav/common
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/klamav/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/klamav/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/klamav
/usr/share/doc/klamav/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/klamav/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/klamav/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/klamav/README
/usr/share/doc/klamav/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/klamav.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/klamav.png
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/klamav.mo

References

klamav website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install klamav on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).