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clamav package

ClamAV engine will not update

Asked by Margaret Page

I have Ubuntu 10.10, KlamAV 0.96.5, and ClamTK 4.36. My KlamAV will not update. When I pull up the KlamAV window I can't read what it says, but I tried gksudo klamav it says that my version of ClamAV engine is outdated. When click on the site it brings up that it starts KlamAV and I click on Download KlamAV, but it never brings anything up to download. At the very end of the terminal it reads KCrash: Application 'klamav' crashing... Could not find 'drkonqi' executable. KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, lauching directily. Still after this nothing happens. What do I need to do to get my KlamAV to update?

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Margaret Page (idrthrbridin) said : 		#1

It says in the box when it would show the different updates it is downloading, Hint: The database directory must be writeable for UID 0 or GID 0.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Try:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-clamav/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y upgrade; sudo freshclam

Does that help?

If you are using Gnome you don't need KlamAV, clamTk is the GTK frontend and should be run with:

gksudo clamtk

To update the defs outside of the gui, run:

sudo freshclam

Which I added to the command to run and should make things ok

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Margaret Page (idrthrbridin) said : 		#3

It also says when I click on Download KlamAV
X Errror: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 7
  Minor: opcode 0
  Resource id: 0x4500023

Now it comes up with WARNING: getpatch: Can't download...an whatever it is trying

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

The command I gave will update you just fine

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Margaret Page (idrthrbridin) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Jaybok (jaybok) said : 		#6

Thank you! actionparsnip, that command did the trick for me too.