How To Install clamav-data on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-data on CentOS 7.
What is clamav-data
This package contains the virus-database needed by clamav. This database should be updated regularly; the ‘clamav-update’ package ships a corresponding cron-job. Use this package when you want a working (but perhaps outdated) virus scanner immediately after package installation.
We can use yum or dnf to install clamav-data on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-data.
Install clamav-data on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install clamav-data using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clamav-data
Install clamav-data on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install clamav-data using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clamav-data
How To Uninstall clamav-data on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the clamav-data package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clamav-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-data on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
