Information about the package, clamav-db, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The clamav-db package is designed for, Virus database for clamav.
Package Name:
clamav-db
Summary:
Virus database for clamav
Description:
The actual virus database for clamav
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.99.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
155 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the clamav-db package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install clamav-db
This command will install clamav-db on the server.
yum remove clamav-db
This command will un-install clamav-db on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove clamav-db, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove clamav-db
This command will un-install clamav-db on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove clamav-db when using the -y flag.
yum update clamav-db
This command will update clamav-db to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove clamav-db, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update clamav-db
This command will update clamav-db to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove clamav-db when using the -y flag.
yum info clamav-db
This command will show you core information about the clamav-db package.
yum deplist clamav-db
This command will show you the dependencies for clamav-db. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update clamav-db
This command will check if there is an update waiting on clamav-db. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.