How To Install clamav-filesystem on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-filesystem on CentOS 7. clamav-filesystem is Filesystem structure for clamav

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-filesystem on CentOS 7.

What is clamav-filesystem

This package provides the filesystem structure and contains the user-creation scripts required by clamav.

We can use yum or dnf to install clamav-filesystem on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-filesystem.

Install clamav-filesystem 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-filesystem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clamav-filesystem

Install clamav-filesystem 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-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clamav-filesystem

How To Uninstall clamav-filesystem on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the clamav-filesystem package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clamav-filesystem

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-filesystem on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.