Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-data on CentOS 8.
What is clamav-data
This package contains the virus-database needed by clamav. This database should be updated regularly; the ‘clamav-update’ package ships a corresponding cron-job. Use this package when you want a working (but perhaps outdated) virus scanner immediately after package installation.
We can use yum or dnf to install clamav-data on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-data.
Install clamav-data on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install clamav-data using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clamav-data
Install clamav-data on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install clamav-data using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clamav-data
How To Uninstall clamav-data on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the clamav-data package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clamav-data
clamav-data Package Contents on CentOS 8
/var/lib/clamav/bytecode.cvd
/var/lib/clamav/daily.cvd
/var/lib/clamav/main.cvd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-data on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
