Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-lib on CentOS 8.
What is clamav-lib
This package contains dynamic libraries shared between applications using the Clam Antivirus scanner.
We can use yum or dnf to install clamav-lib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clamav-lib.
Install clamav-lib 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-lib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clamav-lib
Install clamav-lib 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-lib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clamav-lib
How To Uninstall clamav-lib on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the clamav-lib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clamav-lib
clamav-lib Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/aff0a7047dcf31a3eedb40c8e0919051b468f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/8737a086f11da3fab9bc9bbb48f5294d59da63
/usr/lib64/libclamav.so.9
/usr/lib64/libclamav.so.9.0.5
/usr/lib64/libclammspack.so.0
/usr/lib64/libclammspack.so.0.1.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamav-lib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
