How To Install clamav-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-filesystem.
Install clamav-filesystem 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 clamav-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clamav-filesystem
Install clamav-filesystem 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 clamav-filesystem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clamav-filesystem
How To Uninstall clamav-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the clamav-filesystem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clamav-filesystem
clamav-filesystem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/clamd.d
/etc/clamd.d/scan.conf
/var/lib/clamav
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.