{"id":3649,"date":"2012-07-26T23:22:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:49:01","slug":"how-to-install-clam-antivirus-on-centos-6-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/how-to-install-clam-antivirus-on-centos-6-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Clam Antivirus on CentOS 6.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ClamAV-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ClamAV\" title=\"ClamAV\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3653 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ClamAV-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ClamAV-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ClamAV.jpg 160w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/>ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. It provides a high performance mutli-threaded scanning daemon, command line utilities for on demand file scanning, and an intelligent tool for automatic signature updates. In this post, i will show how to install Clam Antivirus on CentOS 6.3. Clam Antivirus daemon named is clamd. <\/p>\n<p>Run the following command to install Clam Antivirus :<\/p>\n<pre>\n[root@centos63 ~]# yum install clamd -y\n<\/pre>\n<p>Examples :<\/p>\n<pre>\n[root@centos63 ~]# yum install clamd -y\nLoaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: mirrors.hostemo.com\n * extras: mirrors.hostemo.com\n * rpmforge: mirror.oscc.org.my\n * updates: mirrors.hostemo.com\nSetting up Install Process\nResolving Dependencies\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package clamd.i686 0:0.97.5-2.el6.rf will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: clamav = 0.97.5-2.el6.rf for package: clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686\n--> Processing Dependency: libclamav.so.6 for package: clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686\n--> Processing Dependency: libclamav.so.6(CLAMAV_PRIVATE) for package: clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686\n--> Processing Dependency: libclamav.so.6(CLAMAV_PUBLIC) for package: clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package clamav.i686 0:0.97.5-2.el6.rf will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: clamav-db for package: clamav-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686\n--> Processing Dependency: libltdl.so.7 for package: clamav-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package clamav-db.i686 0:0.97.5-2.el6.rf will be installed\n---> Package libtool-ltdl.i686 0:2.2.6-15.5.el6 will be installed\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\n\nDependencies Resolved\n\n====================================================================================================\n Package               Arch          Version                    Repository                     Size\n====================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n clamd                 i686          0.97.5-2.el6.rf            rpmforge                      148 k\nInstalling for dependencies:\n clamav                i686          0.97.5-2.el6.rf            rpmforge                      1.9 M\n clamav-db             i686          0.97.5-2.el6.rf            rpmforge                       34 M\n libtool-ltdl          i686          2.2.6-15.5.el6             CentOS6.3-Repository           45 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n====================================================================================================\nInstall       4 Package(s)\n\nTotal download size: 36 M\nInstalled size: 40 M\nDownloading Packages:\nSetting up and reading Presto delta metadata\nProcessing delta metadata\nPackage(s) data still to download: 36 M\n(1\/4): clamav-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm                                       | 1.9 MB     00:17\n(2\/4): clamav-db-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm                                    |  34 MB     05:17\n(3\/4): clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm                                        | 148 kB     00:01\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTotal                                                               111 kB\/s |  36 MB     05:36\nRunning rpm_check_debug\nRunning Transaction Test\nTransaction Test Succeeded\nRunning Transaction\nWarning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.\n  Installing : clamav-db-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686                                                   1\/4\n  Installing : libtool-ltdl-2.2.6-15.5.el6.i686                                                 2\/4\n  Installing : clamav-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686                                                      3\/4\n  Installing : clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686                                                       4\/4\n  Verifying  : libtool-ltdl-2.2.6-15.5.el6.i686                                                 1\/4\n  Verifying  : clamav-db-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686                                                   2\/4\n  Verifying  : clamav-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686                                                      3\/4\n  Verifying  : clamd-0.97.5-2.el6.rf.i686                                                       4\/4\n\nInstalled:\n  clamd.i686 0:0.97.5-2.el6.rf\n\nDependency Installed:\n  clamav.i686 0:0.97.5-2.el6.rf clamav-db.i686 0:0.97.5-2.el6.rf libtool-ltdl.i686 0:2.2.6-15.5.el6\n\nComplete!\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. 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