ClamV updates

[Craig Daters]

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On Jun 30, 2005, at 7:46 AM, Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:

> Thank you for the replies, however I still cannot quite figure this out
> as I am still getting the outdated clamav message in my logwatch.
>
> I think I know the problem but I do not know how to fix it.
>
> - If I just type freshclam anywhere, it saids that it is up to date.
> How can I see what install of freshclam that it is using?
>
> - If I type /usr/bin/freshclam I get the outdated message.  I had a big
> newbie moment on this one.  I thought that if I change to the /usr/bin
> directory and run freshclam that the machine would use the freshclam in
> that directory.  Therefore I thought in the past that the
> /usr/bin/freshclam was up to date.  However this is not the case and
> this is the install that seems that logwatch uses.
>
> - If I type /root/clamav/bin/freshclam, I get:
>
> ERROR: Please edit the example config file
> /root/clamav/etc/freshclam.conf.ERROR: Please edit the example config
> file /root/clamav/etc/clamd.conf.    ERROR: Can't parse the config file
> /root/clamav/etc/clamd.conf
>
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> Please any suggestion on how to clean up this clamav mess that I 
> created
> it appreciated.

My suggestion would be to remove everything that includes freshclam and 
clamav in its name or directory and do a clean install. In the past, I 
have gotten myself into similar messes, and this was what it took for 
me to solve it.

Now I keep notes in a file in the latest src dir, so when it comes time 
to update, I can refer back to how I installed the previous version and 
what I should do to un-install the previous version and install the new 
one.

My routine goes thusly:

Initial install:
./configure
make
make install
make clean

Upgrade:
I go to previous version src tree/dir and enter:
make uninstall

Then I go to the new version src tree/dir and start from the top 
initial install. Then I create a text file and put into it notes about 
anything I may of noticed during the compile, what I did to 
uninstall/install everything and wait for the next major update.

Another solution would be to build it into an RPM for your system and 
manage it that way. (I am exploring this option myself, but haven't had 
the time to really explore it...yet!)

hth

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Craig Daters (craig at westpress.com)
Systems Administrator

West Press
1663 West Grant Road
Tucson, Arizona 85745

(520) 624-4939 x208
(520) 624-2715 fax
www.westpress.com

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