[LUNI] Request Help with ClamAv

[Svaldi, Fred E GS]

To Linux Users of N. Illinois,

 

Ok it looks like I had only one version of clamav/clamd on my system.
Since I can't get the version of clamav (that I compiled from source) to
work properly, I'm going to remove it, then reinstall it from a (debian)
package, which I know will work.

 

To remove clamav compiled from source, the clamav wiki says to enter the
command make uninstall.  I tried make uninstall clamav, but that didn't
work.  Question:  How do I remove all the files that were downloaded
when I compiled clamav from source so that I can do a fresh install from
the packages?

 

Fred

 

-----Original Message-----
From: luni-bounces at luni.org [mailto:luni-bounces at luni.org] On Behalf Of
Samir Faci
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:30 AM
To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: [LUNI] Request Help with ClamAv

 

Right, but that's depending on the user and the environment vars, you

really have no reason to have 2 versions of clamd installed, find the

one that's unneded and remove it and rename it.

 

--

Samir

 

On 7/27/07, Roberto Serrano <ohrock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, you could also see from the terminal which one is the "default"
by

> typing:

> 

> which clamd

> 

> Roberto

> 

> On 7/27/07, Samir Faci <sfaci at cs.uic.edu> wrote:

> >

> > well, search for clamd which is the binary.  you do this either from

> > the GUI, I'm sure Ubuntu has some sort of search functionality,
maybe

> > Roberto can fill you in.  He's a bit more of an Ubuntu fan boy then
I

> > am.

> >

> > if you want to do this from the console you could do something like

> >

> > sudo find / -iname "clamd"

> >

> > see if there are multiple versions of clamd, then to find the
version

> > just type clamd --version

> >

> > again all this is from the console.  Be careful with from source and

> > binary installs.. you can have conflicts that can confuse

> > Ubuntu/whatever distro you use.

> >

> > btw, if you really wanna have some fun, try instaling a mailserver
and

> > tying in clamd into the mailserver, to automatically scan all
incoming

> > emails.

> >

> > An Ubuntu guide for what I just mentioned:

> > http://www.howtoforge.com/postfix_antispam_mailscanner_clamav_ubuntu

> >

> >

> > --

> > Samir

> >

> > On 7/27/07, Svaldi, Fred E GS <Fred.Svaldi at med.navy.mil> wrote:

> > > Roberto,

> > >

> > > I actually have a cousin in Italy named Roberto.  Ciao, Roberto!

> > >

> > > I run ClamAv on my personal computer only.  I have heard I do not
need

> > > to run an anti-virus program, but I still do so out of habit.

> > >

> > > I did this mainly as an exercise to understand how to compile from

> > > source, and to learn how to work through configuration problems.

> > >

> > > So....if anyone can help me figure out how to resolve the error
messages

> > > (see below), or point me in the right direction, that would be
great.

> > > If the solution is somewhat intuitive, I could probably figure it
out

> > > with just a little help.

> > >

> > > Fred

> > >

> > > -----Original Message-----

> > > From: luni-bounces at luni.org [mailto:luni-bounces at luni.org] On
Behalf Of

> > > Roberto Serrano

> > > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:01 AM

> > > To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion

> > > Subject: Re: [LUNI] Request Help with ClamAv

> > >

> > > Are you running this in a server, or are you tunning this in your

> > > personal

> > > computer.  Clam AV is mostly a product design for a Linux Server
working

> > > in

> > > a windows environment.  As far as I know, Clam AV is mostly design
to

> > > detect

> > > windows viruses.

> > >

> > > I don't use anti-virus in any of me Linux computers - and Linux is
the

> > > only

> > > thing I use.  Most people I know, that use Linux, don't use
anti-virus.

> > >

> > > So if this is for personal use, I know is weird coming from
windows, but

> > > you

> > > don't need anti-virus.  You need a good backup strategy and that
is all.

> > >

> > > Roberto

> > >

> > > On 7/27/07, Svaldi, Fred E GS <Fred.Svaldi at med.navy.mil> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > To all,

> > > >

> > > > Can anyone help?

> > > >

> > > > I am relatively new to Linux.  I attempted to compile ClamAv
from

> > > source

> > > > to get the latest version.  I removed my original ClamAv
installation

> > > > package before starting.  I downloaded the source code, and, as
far as

> > > I

> > > > could tell, got it installed using "./configure, make, and sudo
make

> > > > install."

> > > >

> > > > I then ran freshclam from the command line and received some
error

> > > > messages, with instructions to edit the example config file for

> > > > freshclam.config, and also to edit the example config file for

> > > > clamd.config.  Another error message noted that I could not
parse the

> > > > example clamd.config (or something like that).  I could not
manage to

> > > > work past this.

> > > >

> > > > Then, I installed clamTk from the synaptic packages (I use
Ubuntu Edgy

> > > > Eft), which is an older version of the current clamTk version
per the

> > > > clamTk home page.  When clamTk installed, it appeared to
re-install

> > > the

> > > > older (0.88) version of ClamAv.  I went to Synaptic Package
Manager

> > > and

> > > > the older ClamAv package is marked as installed.

> > > >

> > > > How can I tell what version of ClamAv I actually have on my
system?  I

> > > > have confirmation that my signatures are up to date, and I can
run

> > > scans

> > > > via the clamTk GUI.

> > > >

> > > > If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.

> > > >

> > > > Regards, F. S.

> > > >

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