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Hello. Does anyone know how to upgrade ClamAV to the newest version? My definitions seem to be updated correctly but if I run freshclam from my terminal it tells me ...
  1. 07-19-2009 #1
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    Question How does one upgrade ClamAV

    Hello.

    Does anyone know how to upgrade ClamAV to the newest version? My definitions seem to be updated correctly but if I run freshclam from my terminal it tells me my version is outdated.
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    What is your distribution+version of Linux? On most of them you update the basic package with the system package manager, such as yum (Red Hat, Fedora, et al), apt-get or synaptic (ubuntu, debian, et al). Note that it is not uncommon for freshclam to know that there is an update out there some days before they have been pushed into packages your package manager can deal with. This is not really a problem. For Red Hat / CentOS, the last update took almost a week before it was available to install.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
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    ClamAV updating

    Hi there.

    My version is Jaunty Jackalope ver. 9.04

    I tried going to synaptic package manager and it says that I have Clamtk ver. 4.08-1 installed.

    The message I get when I try freshclam at the terminal is >>
    WARNING: your ClamAV Installation is outdated!
    WARNING: local version: 0.95.1 recommended version: 0.95.2
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    Don't start it form the menu. Start it from the Terminal . Use the command: gksudo clamtk

    That will give you superuser/root rights to update
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    Quote Originally Posted by gribbsy View Post
    Hi there.

    My version is Jaunty Jackalope ver. 9.04

    I tried going to synaptic package manager and it says that I have Clamtk ver. 4.08-1 installed.

    The message I get when I try freshclam at the terminal is >>
    WARNING: your ClamAV Installation is outdated!
    WARNING: local version: 0.95.1 recommended version: 0.95.2
    You need to update the following (not just clamtk):

    clamav
    clamav-milter (for email scanning)
    clamd (might be updated with clamav)
    clamav-db (might be updated with clamav)

    You should go to a command line window and issue these commands:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update clamav
sudo apt-get update clamav-milter
    and possibly:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update clamav--db
sudo apt-get update clamd
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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