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ClamAV and Clamtk on Ubuntu 7.10 x64

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#1

Ok, installing both of them is easy through the Synaptic Package Manager. I'm running into a problem though.

Clamtk is claiming that there are no signature files, while obviously there are. I managed to find out the difference: Clamtk is looking for them in /etc while they are in /etc/clamav.

Edit: not sure about the paths btw, but for sure they don't correspond.

So all I need to know is where I can change the path where Clamtk expects/updates the signature files and I'm set.

Does anyone know? Or is this a hard coded path?

Kivech

#2

Thinking over my problem and having checked both the ClamAV and Clamtk sites, I got a daring idea...

Mind you, I'm still quite fresh with this Linux stuff. :p

So if I download the latest releases of both programs and install them, would I go about do it like this for each program?

1) Untar the files somewhere in my /home dir (for potential later use) 2) Go to the terminal and do:

make sudo make install

And that would be it? Or am I seeing things too simple now? Ah, and what about getting automatic updates, what would I have to add to my resources.list to get them updated automatically?

Unless there is a simple way of getting things to work with the Synaptic PM of course, that way I'd know the guys at Ubuntu verified it all first.

Kivech

#3

So no one managed to get Clamtk working properly?

#4

Clamtk requires root access to update the signatures.

From a terminal, run :- sudo clamtk Type in your password:- ****** Go to Help and select Update Signatures.

regards

#5

That's an old version in the repositories - download the latest one here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/clamtk/download