The MacPorts Project Official Homepage. The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac operating system.To that end we provide the command-line driven MacPorts software package under a 3-Clause BSD License, and through it easy access to. clamav-users Clamd crashes frequently - macOS Catalina. James Brown via clamav-users Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:17:13 -0700. Apple macOS Server has included ClamAV since version 10.4. It is used within the operating system's email service. A paid-for graphical user interface is available from Canimaan Software Ltd in the form of ClamXav. Additionally, Fink, Homebrew and MacPorts have ported ClamAV. Another program which uses the ClamAV engine, on macOS, is Counteragent.
My preferred anti-virus system is ClamAV and I had trouble getting itrunning on macOS recently. Here’s how I got it going so if you’rerunning to the same issue, this should solve your problem.
I will go through the steps I took and problems encountered. Thisarticle will take you less than three minutes to read.
To get ClamAV running on macOS, run: brew install clamav
Thanks to brew, open source software like ClamAV can run on multipleplatforms.
Normally, I would just run the application directly, in this case:clamav, but that does not exist. The main application is: clamscan
Hmm. What is going on here?
After looking up the man page, man clamscan, one related package isfreshclam, that has a description:
freshclam - update virus databases
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Aah - let’s run freshclam to update the definition!
Well, there’s no such file, or where do I get it? Is there a sample somewhere?
Well, it turns out I missed a critical line in the brew install, which was:
To finish installation & run clamav you will need to editthe example conf files at /usr/local/etc/clamav/
🤦♂️ whoops! I didn’t even look (and only when writing up this article,I noticed it).
Let’s make the freshclam.conf file by running command:
Change the following in the file from:
To:
Running the freshclam application again results in:
Great! Now macOS can scan virus too!
I can’t take credit for everything, I found this githubcommentthat basically describes the solution I presented.
I have this article as a way for me to remember but also remind myselfof apps that are better on Linux than macOS.
Getting ClamAV running on macOS isn’t that hard, but I was close togiving up!.
I love using open source software and macOS. As macOS is UNIX based,almost all open source software works on macOS.
There are times where just using Linux to run open source software isa better experience than macOS. ClamAV is one of those times.
Hopefully, this post has helped you from giving up on open sourcesoftware!
The MacPorts Project Official Homepage
The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac operating system. To that end we provide the command-line driven MacPorts software package under a 3-Clause BSD License, and through it easy access to thousands of ports that greatly simplify the task of compiling and installing open-source software on your Mac.
We provide a single software tree that attempts to track the latest release of every software title (port) we distribute, without splitting them into “stable” Vs. “unstable” branches, targeting mainly macOS High Sierra v10.13 and later (including macOS Big Sur v11). There are thousands of ports in our tree, distributed among different categories, and more are being added on a regular basis.
Getting started
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For information on installing MacPorts please see the installation section of this site and explore the myriad of download options we provide and our base system requirements.
If you run into any problems installing and/or using MacPorts we also have many options to help you, depending on how you wish to get get in touch with us. Other important help resources are our online documentation, A.K.A The MacPorts Guide, and our Trac Wiki server & bug tracker.
Latest MacPorts release: 2.6.4
Getting involved: Students
A good way for students to get involved is through the Google Summer of Code. GSoC is a program to encourage students' participation in Open Source development and offers a stipend to work on the project with an organization for three months. MacPorts has been participating in the program since 2007! We shall participate next year as well. You may find past GSoC projects here.
We have a list of ideas with possible tasks for MacPorts and additional information about the process at wiki/SummerOfCode. We are always open to new ideas. Research on the idea, draft an initial proposal and get it reviewed.
Getting involved
There are many ways you can get involved with MacPorts and peer users, system administrators & developers alike. Browse over to the “Contact Us” section of our site and:
- Explore our mailing lists, either if it is for some general user support or to keep on top of the latest MacPorts developments and commits to our software repository.
- Check out our Support & Development portal for some bug reporting and live tutorials through the integrated Wiki server.
- Or simply come join us for a friendly IRC chat if you wish for more direct contact with the people behind it all.
If on the other hand you are interested in joining The MacPorts Project in any way, then don't hesitate to contact the project's management team, “PortMgr”, to explain your particular interest and present a formal application. We're always looking for more helping hands that can extend and improve our ports tree and documentation, or take MacPorts itself beyond its current limitations and into new areas of the vast software packaging field. We're eager to hear from you!