How To Install clamav-testfiles-rar on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-testfiles-rar on Debian 12.
What is clamav-testfiles-rar
clamav-testfiles-rar 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. The files are limited to .rar files.
There are three methods to install clamav-testfiles-rar on Debian 12. 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-rar 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-rar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clamav-testfiles-rar
Install clamav-testfiles-rar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clamav-testfiles-rar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clamav-testfiles-rar
Install clamav-testfiles-rar 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-testfiles-rar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clamav-testfiles-rar
How To Uninstall clamav-testfiles-rar on Debian 12
To uninstall only the clamav-testfiles-rar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clamav-testfiles-rar
Uninstall clamav-testfiles-rar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clamav-testfiles-rar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clamav-testfiles-rar
Remove clamav-testfiles-rar Configurations and Data
To remove clamav-testfiles-rar configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clamav-testfiles-rar
Remove clamav-testfiles-rar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clamav-testfiles-rar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clamav-testfiles-rar
Dependencies
clamav-testfiles-rar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-testfiles-rar package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
