[clamav-users] Can't Install ClamAV

[Reindl Harald]

Am 02.02.2018 um 12:27 schrieb Paul B.:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I  had ClamAV up and running fine, but there was a problem and I had
> to restore the system from an earlier image. Everything is running
> fine, but now I can't install ClamAV.
> 
> The system is MX Linux 17 (Debian 9.3) x64. I tried installing from
> the MX repo, which has CAV 99.2, and got the following error:
> 
> E: clamav-base: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
> E: clamav-freshclam: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> E: clamav: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> E: clamtk: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

ask your distribution or use one with no broken repos

> So I then tried to install 99.3 from the download. /configure went
> fine, but 'make' and 'make install' returned errors. I posted the
> error file at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OEoMxiqiYzGZxHwKpbIMiq0TL-w7EB0C
> 
> Consequently when I tried a scan:
> 
> $ clamscan
> LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): No supported database files found in
> /var/lib/clamav
> ERROR: Can't open file or directory
> 
> If anyone can advise how to get this working again it would be much appreciated

how about freshclam and create /var/lib/clamav
/var/lib/clamav contains the signatures