ClamV updates

[Billy A. Pumphrey]

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> From: Craig Daters [mailto:craig at WESTPRESS.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:03 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: ClamV updates
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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 as I am still getting the outdated clamav message in my logwatch.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 - If I type /usr/bin/freshclam I get the outdated message.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
> >
> <--snipped-->
> > 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.

Good idea.


> 
> 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

Ok, I tried some cleaning and it looks clean.  I have seemingly one
version installed now.  I will see how the output from logwatch looks
the next time it runs.

Thank you


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