How To Install clamav-unofficial-sigs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-unofficial-sigs on CentOS 7.
What is clamav-unofficial-sigs
This package contains scripts and configuration files that provide the capability to download, test, and update the 3rd-party signature databases provide by Sanesecurity, SecuriteInfo, MalwarePatrol, OITC, INetMsg and ScamNailer.
We can use yum or dnf to install clamav-unofficial-sigs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-unofficial-sigs.
Install clamav-unofficial-sigs 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-unofficial-sigs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clamav-unofficial-sigs
Install clamav-unofficial-sigs 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-unofficial-sigs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clamav-unofficial-sigs
How To Uninstall clamav-unofficial-sigs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the clamav-unofficial-sigs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clamav-unofficial-sigs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-unofficial-sigs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
