Sunday 13 December 2015

Install Free AVG antivirus in Linux

The installation of AVG Free 8.5 for Linux/FreeBSD consist of several steps. These steps can be found below:
1. Downloading the AVG installation fileIt is recommended to always use the latest AVG installation file when installing AVG. Using an old installation file may lead to downloading large update files immediately after installation. The latest installation package also contains fixes to the most recently discovered issues, minimizing the chance of encountering an AVG malfunction in the future.
  • AVG installation files can be downloaded from this  website:
  • Choose the appropriate installation package (.rpm, .tar.gz, .deb, .sh) for your system and click its link to start the download. (In case you are not sure, please use the tar.gz or sh package - these packages can be used on all distributions).
  • When you are prompted, please do not open this file directly from the Internet, but click the "Save" button and choose a location where the installation file should be stored.
Once the installation file is downloaded you can start the installation. Move to the folder with AVG installation file and execute the installation by this command (xxxx numbers stand for exact AVG version):
  • Linux
  • DEB
  • # dpkg -i avg85flxs-rXXX-aXXXX.i386.deb
  • RPM
  • # rpm -i avg85flx-rXXX-aXXXX.i386.rpm
  • tar.gz
  • # tar xzvf avg85flx-rXXX-aXXXX.i386.tar.gz
  • # cd avg8{os}
  • # ./install.sh
  • sh
  • #chmod +x avg85flx-rXXX-aXXXX.i386.sh
  • # ./avg85flx-rXXX-aXXXX.i386.sh
  • FreeBSD
  • tar.gz
  • # tar xzvf avg85ffb-rXXX-aXXXX.i386.tar.gz
  • # cd avg85ffb-rXXX-aXXXX.i386
  • # ./install.sh

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