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README for clamtk-gnome

Note: This program is no longer maintained. https://github.com/dave-theunsub/clamtk/issues/163

This readme file was last checked or updated 20240330.

clamtk-gnome is a simple plugin for clamtk to allow a right-click, context menu scan of files or folders in the Nautilus file manager.

Installation

This section gives different options for installing clamtk-gnome.

Please note that you may need to add sudo before the installation commands for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems.

First, download clamtk-gnome from its Github or Gitlab home. RPM-based systems like Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, Alma, or Rocky (and others) will use an RPM (.rpm). DEB-based systems like Debian or Ubuntu will use a DEB (.deb).

Option A: Double-click to install

This is the easiest and recommended way. Installing this way allows the system package manager to take care of installation details.

Option B: Installation from downloaded package

There are deb and rpm packages to install this plugin:

On Debian based systems (Ubuntu etc)

dpkg -i clamtk-gnome_6.15-1_all.deb

apt-get install -f

On CentOS systems

yum install clamtk-gnome-6.15-1.fc.noarch.rpm

On Fedora systems

dnf install clamtk-gnome-6.15-1.fc.noarch.rpm

Option C: Manual installation

  1. Install clamtk

  2. This is the dependency needed:

  3. Download the .tar.xz file

  4. As root: cp clamtk-gnome.py /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/

  5. Restart Nautilus, or log out and log back in

Usage and screenshots

  1. Bring up the context menu either by right clicking on a directory:

    starting scan alt 1

    or by clicking here:

    starting scan alt 2

  2. Click on the scan button

  3. Wait for the scan to complete (pleate note that it may take a couple of seconds for the scan to start and also for the "No threats found" message to be shown at the end - even after the message "Scanning completed" has been shown) scan result

Dependencies

Links

Github clamtk-gnome
Gitlab clamtk-gnome
Desktop entry spec documentation

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