Software install and ClamAV
Hi, new to the whole linux experience, and it seems that Bazzite does things differently than other distros. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to install ClamAV. I know Bazzite uses the "flatpak" app install, but it doesn't have everything I'm looking for. I got ClamTK from Bazaar, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I scoured many threads and videos and general google searches. I tries the "sudo yum install clamav" and "clamd", but both ended in error because the boot is "read only!" What am I doing? How do I do this? I think I just need someone to walk me through the absolute basics because I cannot find any answers through my web searching techniques (if you can call them that). Even the documentation/FAQ page on the Bazzite website is too murky for my little brain, and i cannot grasp the language. I'm a little frustrated and need help understanding all this crazy stuff.
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Read the docs regarding installing software. There is a hierarchy of preferred package formats.
Using a package manager like yum/dnf/apt will not work. Bazzite is built for containerized applications which traditional package managers (like yum/dnf/apt) can't accommodate, so they aren't available. You are getting errors when using yum because you shouldn't use it.
ClamTK is only a GUI for the CLI tool. It is also end of life I'm pretty sure, so it probably shouldn't be used. If you really feel like you need ClamAV use brew, but most people will advise you that it really is not needed. The best anti-virus is simply to not use software you don't trust.
brew install clamav
The config setup for clamav is also not user/noob friendly.
If you see a tutorial for installing a package online, generally don't follow it. It is extremely likely it uses a package manager that Bazzite doesn't have. Unless it is a flatpak. There are distroboxes, but you likely shouldn't worry about that till you are more acquainted.
If you have questions, please ask. 😃Thank you for the info and advice. Is there any antivirus/anti-malware you would recommend?
I mean, I use clamscan as an on demand scanning tool on occasion and not as a service with clamd. Using clamd as a service seems extremely unnecessary and mostly a waste of watts in a Linux Desktop environment, at least imo. I mostly set it up after migrating from Windows because that's how I worked with Windows. After being here for almost a year, I probably wouldn't set it up again.
ClamAV has limitations when compared to windows anti-virus services and its not the best. It's primary use case seems to be for mail servers and targets Windows malware mostly. So probably just a bad sanity check for me.
I see, well thank you for your time and advice. I greatly appreciate it and I hope the rest is your day goes well!
You bet! I hope you have a good time over here on Bazzite!
:GlorpSalut: