How To Install clamav-update on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-update on CentOS 7.
What is clamav-update
This package contains programs which can be used to update the clamav anti-virus database automatically. It uses the freshclam(1) utility for this task. To activate it use, uncomment the entry in /etc/cron.d/clamav-update. Use this package when you go updating the virus database regulary and do not want to download a >160MB sized rpm-package with outdated virus definitions.
We can use yum or dnf to install clamav-update on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-update.
Install clamav-update 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-update using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clamav-update
Install clamav-update 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-update using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clamav-update
How To Uninstall clamav-update on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the clamav-update package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clamav-update
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-update on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
