ClamAV issues

[sephstorm]

So I don't know why ClamAV is so difficult to maintain.

I won't bore you guys with all the details of the issues I was having, suffice it to say I uninstalled using apt several times, tried reinstallng from the repo several times trying to get it working and finally went to trying to install from source. After following the instructions to install from source based on the instructions on the clamav site. After installing and restarting I am now getting the following error when running freshclam:

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Can't open/parse the config file /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf

So did a search. ran the following

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dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam
dpkg-query: package 'clamav-freshclam' is not installed and no information is available

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dpkg-reconfigure freshclam
dpkg-query: package 'freshclam' is not installed and no information is available

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which freshclam
/usr/local/bin/freshclam

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cat /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf
cat: /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf: No such file or directory

there is however a /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf.sample

wtf?

[kedaha]

Hi,
I've recently tried it with two different email server set-ups and can confirm that the steps given at /stretch/filtering-viruses-malware/—in combination with rspamd—which makes interesting reading, work well. However, I finally opted for a different setup, as posted recently in this topic.
It is now up and running for 24/7 use.
I definitely would not compile it from source.

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# service clamav-daemon status
● clamav-daemon.service - Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service; enabled; vendor pr
  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service.d
           └─extend.conf
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-07-20 22:53:43 BST; 8h ago
     Docs: man:clamd(8)
           man:clamd.conf(5)
           https://www.clamav.net/documents/
 Main PID: 565 (clamd)
    Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/clamav-daemon.service
           └─565 /usr/sbin/clamd --foreground=true

[None1975]

After following the instructions to install from source based on the instructions on the clamav site. After installing and restarting I am now getting the following error when running freshclam

When you compile it from source, did you create the .deb package?

[sephstorm]

After following the instructions to install from source based on the instructions on the clamav site. After installing and restarting I am now getting the following error when running freshclam

When you compile it from source, did you create the .deb package?

No, per the instructions I downloaded the tar file, untared it, installed the needed OpenSSL libraries, configured make, and make installed, followed by a reboot (this is from my memory, so might have missed a step.)

That said, following the instructions above have me somewhat working. So heres to hoping.

[None1975]

No, per the instructions I downloaded the tar file, untared it, installed the needed OpenSSL libraries, configured make, and make installed.

I understood. Then it is clear why dpkg indicates that

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package 'clamav-freshclam' is not installed and no information is available

You should create a .deb package and then install it. This is straightforward; just run this to make the .deb (from in the source package directory):

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dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc

This will spit out lots of output; the options given mean it shouldn't prompt you about unsigned files. When it finishes you should find your .deb in the parent directory, so cd up one level and install like so (as root):

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cd ..
# dpkg -i packagename*.deb

Done! Now it’s official. Don’t forget to uninstall the old file

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freshclam

Good luck.