ClamAV install from synaptic on Dapper

[Scott Kitterman]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:54:59 -0400 John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net> 
wrote:
>On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 12:43 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:36:27 -0400 John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net> 
>> wrote:
>> >I got this when installing clamav and freshclam this morning on a new
>> >Dapper install using Synaptic...
>> >
>> >E: clamav-base: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit
>> >status 1
>> >E: clamav-freshclam: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> >E: clamav: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> >E: clamav-daemon: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> >
>> >Anyone had this error ?
>> >
>> I didn't, but I installed with apt-get.
>hrmm... maybe a force re-install from apt-get would clear it up..
>but, it seems that it is running, even with those errors.
>I tested clamscan and it finds the test files, and also performs a scan,
>except that i got a msg about it only being able to read a certain type
>of tar file...
>
Your errors are for freshclam, not clamav, so that's not surprising.

To scan additional file types there are optional packages you have to 
install.  You can find the list in the clamav listing at 
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

Scott K