How To Install clamav-cvdupdate on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-cvdupdate on Ubuntu.

What is `clamav-cvdupdate`

clamav-cvdupdate is:

cvdupdate downloads the latest ClamAV databases along with the latest database patch files.

Run this tool as often as you like, but it will only download new content if there is new content to download. If you somehow manage to download too frequently (eg: by using cvd clean all and cvd update repeatedly), then the official database server may refuse your download request, and one or more databases may go on cool-down until it’s safe to try again.

This replaces the clamdownloader.pl script formerly provided on clamav.net.

There are three methods to install clamav-cvdupdate on Ubuntu. 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-cvdupdate 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-cvdupdate using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clamav-cvdupdate

Install clamav-cvdupdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clamav-cvdupdate

Install clamav-cvdupdate 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install clamav-cvdupdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clamav-cvdupdate

How To Uninstall clamav-cvdupdate on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the clamav-cvdupdate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clamav-cvdupdate

Uninstall clamav-cvdupdate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clamav-cvdupdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clamav-cvdupdate

Remove clamav-cvdupdate Configurations and Data

To remove clamav-cvdupdate configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clamav-cvdupdate

Remove clamav-cvdupdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clamav-cvdupdate

Dependencies

clamav-cvdupdate have the following dependencies:

References

clamav-cvdupdate website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-cvdupdate package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.