Hi. Please forgive this long critique of Installing ClamAV [1]. I actually wanted to send an email about an error path using old versions of ClamAV, but the mailing list [2] subscription rules said to read the faq first.
I'm aware that the FAQ has some relation to a github repository, some problems I've identified stem from that original, and some are specific to the clamnav.net documents rendition. > Installing from source > Check Requirements [link: > https://www.clamav.net/documents/installing-clamav#requirements] > Uninstall any old version, see UninstallClamAV [not a link!] I can't find UninstallClamAV anywhere :/ -- note that it shouldn't be part of the source since I haven't gotten the source > (Note: this isn’t essential, but removes sources of problems). > wget the source gzip file, see WhichVersion [not a link!] The only "WhichVersion" I can find is http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html which is obviously not relevant. ... > GMP [not a link!]: for digital signatures I can't figure out what GMP is -- a google search for GMP + digital signature is not fruitful Debian has a "gmp" package [3]: >> GNU MP is a programmer's library for arbitrary precision >> arithmetic (ie, a bignum package). It can operate on signed >> integer, rational, and floating point numeric types. I can't tell if this [4] is the right thing > You don’t necessarily need all packages. Please read ClamOverview [not a > link!] carefully to understand which ones you need. I can't find that anywhere either [5] The line breaks for these are missing: > # apt-get update # apt-get install clamav > # yum install -y epel-release # yum install -y clamav > # yum install -y clamav clamav-update > There are a number of package maintainers for ClamAV on Solaris. The > installation method differs for each. I tried to figure out what this was saying a couple of times. I've decided that it's trying to say that there are a couple of competing packagings of ClamAV for Solaris. (Initially I thought it was trying to say that there are multiple package management systems for Solaris.) Assuming I'm right, it would be better to say "Multiple groups have packaged ClamAV for Solaris." OTOH, if it's trying to talk about competing package management systems, then, something like "There are a number of package management systems for Solaris, and thus packages of ClamAV." > Would you like to download the latest virus pattern definitions during > installation ? (This requires that you have a direct connection to the > Internet. If you are behind a proxy server then skip this step.) It feels like this is missing a section heading. (perhaps it should be inside the block below?) There's also something odd with the *space* before the `?` The block itself /feels/ like output from one of the package management systems, if so, it probably should identify which one... > Linuxpackages.net provides third-party precompiled packages for Slackware. > You can find them with this [not a link!] search query [not a link!] on that > site. > Various Installation Guides for OSX can be found on the Internet, two that we > have seen are: > http://www.gctv.ne.jp/~yokota/clamav/ > https://gist.github.com/zhurui1008/4fdc875e557014c3a34e It would be helpful if the two urls were on separate lines, possibly in a bulleted list. It would also be nice if the urls were links (they are when rendered by github [6]) > # /etc/rc.d/rc.clamav start # /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart here, even the github version is mising the line break [1] https://www.clamav.net/documents/installing-clamav [2] http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users [3] https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-science/packages/gmp/trunk/debian/control?view=markup [4] http://gmplib.org/ [5] https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=ClamOverview [6] https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq/blob/a2659f771f5d25af02fbdab9377c530add4135dc/faq/Installing.md _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
