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Help with ClamAV

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I've installed ClamTK via sudo apt-get install clamtk then realised it's outdated and purged clamtk. Then compiled clamav from source from the latest release following the instructions here

When I go to run sudo freshclam I get

renamon@Gibson{~/Desktop/clamav-0.98.3}:sudo freshclam

ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf

And clamscan -r / gives me

renamon@Gibson{~/Desktop/clamav-0.98.3}:sudo clamscan -r /

LibClamAV Error: cl_load(): No such file or directory: /usr/local/share/clamav

ERROR: Can't get file status



----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------

Known viruses: 0

Engine version: 0.98.3

Scanned directories: 0

Scanned files: 0

Infected files: 0

Data scanned: 0.00 MB

Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1)

Time: 0.000 sec (0 m 0 s)

renamon@Gibson{~/Desktop/clamav-0.98.3}:

Any help on the issue?

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answered 2 Years ago mocipe · Accepted Answer

There are two clamav packages in Ubuntu:

clamav (The virus scanner itself, with only a CLI interface)

clamtk (A community build front-end for clamav)

The install clamav with GUI, you will need both. for the CLI only,just install clamav:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install clamav

sudo apt-get install clamtk

When the installation is finished, enter the following to update your virus DB:

sudo clamav clamav-freshclam

Optionality you can also install the clamav daemon with:

sudo apt-get install clamav-daemon

And to also be able to scan zip files, you will need to do:

sudo apt-get install libclamunrar6

vim /etc/clamd.conf

ScanArchive=yes