How To Install clamfs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamfs on Kali Linux. clamfs is user-space anti-virus protected file system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamfs on Kali Linux.

What is clamfs

clamfs is:

ClamFS is a FUSE-based user-space file system for Linux with on-access anti-virus file scanning through clamd daemon. Clamd (clamav-daemon) is a file scanning service developed by ClamAV project.

There are three methods to install clamfs 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 clamfs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clamfs

Install clamfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clamfs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clamfs

Install clamfs 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 clamfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clamfs

How To Uninstall clamfs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the clamfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clamfs

Uninstall clamfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clamfs

Remove clamfs Configurations and Data

To remove clamfs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clamfs

Remove clamfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clamfs

Dependencies

clamfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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