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clamav package

Couldnt install tar in natty (ubuntu 11.04)

Asked by Caesium Chloride

Tried installing clam anti virus from tar.gz file.
Could configure as a root user with chmod +x ./configure. But the make never works. Tried the same with tar for vlc, Vuze.

I have 'alien', 'build-essential' installed and also tried with 'easy package installer' http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/epiinstaller
 which helps install tar, rpm with help of alien, 'build-essential'.

root@ubuntu:/media/Softwares/Linux/OOO330_m20# chmod +x ./configure
root@ubuntu:/media/Softwares/Linux/OOO330_m20# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

I couldnt install though Ubuntu Software Center. Please help.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

1) Why are you building from source? Typically this is a difficult thing to do -- that is why packages such as debs are available in the repository. If you want more up to date software than the defaults, use a PPA.

2) The commands you execute do not do what you want. This command:

chmod +x ./configure

Simply instructs the OS to allow the shell to run the script as a program. It does not run it. You have to use

./configure OPTIONS

Then you should get a whole bunch of stuff, at the end of which will say "creating makefiles", if it succeeds. Then you can run

make

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#2

You said you couldn't install through the Software Center. What happens when you try? (The package for Clam AntiVirus is called clamav.)

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