[clamav-users] Updating from 0.99.4 to 0.100.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday, April 30, 2018 03:49:52 PM David Bond wrote:
> I have a requirement to update our current version of ClamAV (0.99.4) to the
> latest release (0.100). However due to the change in the name of the
> required socket file (from clamd.ctl to clamav-daemon.socket), the running
> system seems to be requiring a system reboot. The issue at hand is that
> there are a number of JVM's running on each server, and I am wanting, if
> possible, not to disrupt the operation of these JVMs. Does anyone know of a
> way to install/upgrade ClamAV without a system level reboot?
> 
> A few more bits of information
> 
> 1) This is on a number of servers running 16.04.3 LTS.
> 2) I'm building from source d/l from ClamAV
> 
> Thanks!

You shouldn't need to reboot for that, but in any case, you can set the name 
of the clamd socket file in your clamd configuration file:

LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket

Scott K