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32bitfloat
Asked: 2012-07-22 00:53:39 +0800 CST

How do I install the ClamAV extension for PHP 5?

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I'd like to automatically scan uploaded files for viruses with php. There was an extension called php-clamavlib in earlier versions of ubuntu, but on Natty I get

E: Unable to locate package php5-clamavlib

Isn't there any extension anymore? What could I do to archive this?

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2 Answers

  1. Between izx's answer, 32bitfloat's comment and a bit of googling, I got this working (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). Here's exactly what I had to do. All these commands are as root, and some details may be different on your setup.

    Preparation

    First, clear out any traces of existing ClamAV:

    aptitude install zlib1g-dev php5-dev
aptitude purge clamav clamav-base clamav-data clamav-docs clamav-freshclam libclamav6

    Install ClamAV

    Download the latest ClamAV, make and install it:

    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/clamav/clamav-0.98.4.tar.gz
tar xzf clamav-0.98.4.tar.gz
cd clamav-0.98.4
./configure
make
make install
ldconfig

    Make freshclam work and run it:

    useradd clamav
mkdir /usr/local/share/clamav
chown clamav /usr/local/share/clamav
cp /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf

    Edit the file /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf and comment out the line that says Example. Then update:

    freshclam

    If that ran successfully, test it works by scanning a file:

    clamscan somefile

    Install PHP-ClamAV

    Download the latest PHP-ClamAV, make and install it:

    wget https://launchpad.net/php-clamav/trunk/0.15.7/+download/php-clamav_0.15.7.tar.gz
tar xzf php-clamav_0.15.7.tar.gz
cd php-clamav_0.15.7
phpize
./configure --with-clamav
make
make install

    Install into Apache and restart:

    echo "extension=clamav.so" > /etc/php5/conf.d/clamav.ini
service apache2 restart

    I hope that lot's useful to somebody. I really wish php-clamav was still supported on Aptitude. It would be far nicer than the above.

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  2. Best Answer
    • Please download the latest php-clamav tarball from Launchpad.
    • Install php5-dev, clamav if you haven't already with sudo apt-get

    • Extract the tarball, cd into the php-clamav-xxxx directory, and follow these steps to install the php-clamav module (adapted from INSTALL):

      phpize
./configure --with-clamav
make  
cp modules/clamav.so /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/
(restart Apache)
service httpd restart
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