How To Install clamav-freshclam on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-freshclam on Debian 9.
What is clamav-freshclam
clamav-freshclam 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.
This package contains the freshclam program and scripts to automate virus database updating. It relies on an Internet connection, but can be run in a variety of ways to compensate for intermittent connections.
There are three methods to install clamav-freshclam on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install clamav-freshclam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clamav-freshclam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clamav-freshclam
Install clamav-freshclam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clamav-freshclam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clamav-freshclam
Install clamav-freshclam 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install clamav-freshclam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clamav-freshclam
How To Uninstall clamav-freshclam on Debian 9
To uninstall only the clamav-freshclam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clamav-freshclam
Uninstall clamav-freshclam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clamav-freshclam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clamav-freshclam
Remove clamav-freshclam Configurations and Data
To remove clamav-freshclam configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clamav-freshclam
Remove clamav-freshclam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clamav-freshclam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clamav-freshclam
Dependencies
clamav-freshclam have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-freshclam package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.