Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, ClamTK is a GTK graphical user interface for ClamAV, an antivirus program for Linux. Antiviruses are used on Linux systems to find and remove viruses that may eat Windows systems.
The latest version available is ClamTK 5.11, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- Fix for clamtk.py to right-click scan files with special characters
- Minor improvements to the Update dialog; the new benefit is one-click signature updating vice two
- Minor updates to help documentation (PUAs)
- Minor improvement in Update Assistant
- Updated language files: German (de), Brazilian, Portuguese (pt_BR), Bulgarian (bg)
In this article I will show you how to install ClamTK 5.11 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Pinguy OS 14.04, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy and other Ubuntu/Debian derivative systems.
Because it is not available via any ppa, we have to download the deb package from the official site and install it by hand. Follow the instructions exactly, in order to get a successful installation of ClamTK 5.11 on the listed Ubuntu, Debian and derivate systems:
$ wget https://bitbucket.org/dave_theunsub/clamtk/downloads/clamtk_5.11-1_all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi clamtk_5.11-1_all.deb
Optional, to remove clamtk, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove clamtk*
Bonus, install the plugin for ClamTK integration in Thunar, XFCE’s file manager:
$ wget https://bitbucket.org/dave_theunsub/thunar-sendto-clamtk/downloads/thunar-sendto-clamtk_0.05-1_all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi thunar-sendto-clamtk_0.05-1_all.deb
Optional, to remove thunar sendto clamtk, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove thunar-sendto-clamtk*
Bonus, install the plugin for ClamTK integration in Dolphin, KDE’s file manager:
$ wget https://bitbucket.org/dave_theunsub/clamtk-kde/downloads/clamtk-kde_0.16-1_all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi clamtk-kde_0.16-1_all.deb
Optional, to remove clamtk kde, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove clamtk-kde*
Bonus, install the plugin for ClamTK integration in Nemo, Cinnamon’s file manager:
$ wget https://bitbucket.org/dave_theunsub/nemo-sendto-clamtk/downloads/nemo-sendto-clamtk_0.02-1_all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi nemo-sendto-clamtk_0.02-1_all.deb
Optional, to remove nemo sendto clamtk, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove nemo-sendto-clamtk*