How To Install clamav-testfiles on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-testfiles on Kali Linux.

What is clamav-testfiles

clamav-testfiles 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 files ‘infected’ with a test signature. The test signature (ClamAV-Test-Signature) should be detectable by all anti-virus programs.

There are three methods to install clamav-testfiles on Kali Linux. 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-testfiles 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-testfiles using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clamav-testfiles

Install clamav-testfiles Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clamav-testfiles using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clamav-testfiles

Install clamav-testfiles Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install clamav-testfiles using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clamav-testfiles

How To Uninstall clamav-testfiles on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove clamav-testfiles

Uninstall clamav-testfiles And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clamav-testfiles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clamav-testfiles

Remove clamav-testfiles Configurations and Data

To remove clamav-testfiles configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clamav-testfiles

Remove clamav-testfiles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clamav-testfiles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clamav-testfiles

Dependencies

clamav-testfiles have the following dependencies:

References

• clamav-testfiles website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-testfiles package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.