Clam av installation in Ubuntu

[rajeshprabha10]

I am trying to install clam av in Debian(running as container) but couldnt install it as I am having "unable to locate package error".


root@ff3a52f90f58:~# apt-get install clam-daemon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package clam-daemon
root@ff3a52f90f58:~# apt-get install clam-av
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package clam-av


have attached /etc/apt/source.list.


had added " deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main " in etc/apt/source.list and did apt-get update, didnt work out


Any suggestion or helpis highly appreciated

[wildmanne39]

Thread moved to Debian for a more appropriate fit.

[deadflowr]

It's clamav.
Not clam-av.
https://wiki.debian.org/ClamAV

[SeijiSensei]

Nor is the package for clamd called clam-daemon, but "clamav-daemon." Take a moment to acquaint yourself with the useful command apt-cache." Here is a search for packages whose name or description includes "clamav".

apt-cache search clamav

The basic packages appear at the top of the list:

clamav - anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
clamav-base - anti-virus utility for Unix - base package
clamav-daemon - anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner daemon
clamav-docs - anti-virus utility for Unix - documentation
clamav-freshclam - anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
clamdscan - anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner client

Some of these are "dependencies." Installing clamav automatically installs clamav-base and clamav-freshclam. Installing "clamav-daemon" brings along those and clamdscan as well. There are also a couple of libraries in the list.

BTW, if you're installing ClamAV to fight viruses on a Linux distribution, it's not worth it because your system is much less vulnerable than one running Windows. However, if you have Windows files on this machine, like a Windows partition for dual-booting, or directories you're sharing with Windows machines, ClamAV is a worthwhile investment.

Clamd runs full-time on my email servers so I can scan incoming mail for dirty attachments with MailScanner, but I never bother with it in all-Linux environments like my home network.