On Tuesday 11 June 2019 06:17:34 am Sunny Jaisinghani via clamav-users wrote:
> Hello Members, > > This is my very first post/question on this list, so please pardon my > mistakes, if any > > We have been running clamav on centos 6 for years and installing and > configuring clamav has been very easy. We install clamav, clamav-db > and clamd packages from fedora epel repository, configure > freshclam.conf, clamd.conf and a cron for periodic scanning, and we > are done. We execute these steps using a chef cookbook and they fail > on centos 7 > > When I started investigating, I realized that centos 7 needs more clam > packages to be installed. > > Can someone explain what caused clamav to split the source into so > many packages and how does it help. Installing clamav using yum helps > pull in its dependencies. However; I don’t see clamav-server being > pulled in. What purpose does clamav-server serve. ? > > Before I blindly follow instructions from the web, I need to get these > points clarified. > > Thanks > Sunny RH may have had reasons to break it up. IDK. I would consult a centos mailing list for suitable answers as the clamav folks might not be aware of it, yet. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
