[clug-talk] installing clamav on Knoppix

[Carl]

Knoppix 3.8 does conveniently support the unionfs. The part I was
missing was to do the apt-get update. After I did this the clamav
installed and worked flawlessly.

Thanks,

Carl


On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 22:06 -0600, Dan wrote:
> Carl wrote:
> 
> >I'm trying to run the clamav virus scanner on a computer that I booted
> >with a Knoppix 3.8 Live CD.
> >
> >clamav is not included on Knoppix 3.8 so I'm trying to install using the
> >command:
> >
> >  
> >
> Hi Carl,
> 
>   I don't think you can install anything on 3.8 as it does not have 
> unionfs. Its a read only file system. The new rev 4.02 does have unionfs 
> and you can install pretty much anything in the Sarge archive. So get it 
> then:
> 
> su apt-get update
> su apt-get install somepackage
> 
> Your only limitation should be ram...
> 
> All the best, Dan
> 
> 
> 
> >sudo apt-get install clamav
> >
> >But the command returns with:
> >
> >Reading Package Lists...
> >Building Dependency Tree...
> >Package clamav is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> >This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> >is only available from another source
> >E: Package clamav has no installation candidate
> >
> >I'm not familiar with apt-get as I'm primarily a Fedora Core user. Why
> >isn't clamav available? Am I doing something incorrect?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Carl
> >
> >
> >
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