How to install Avast Antivirus on CentOS 6.2

转载自 http://blog.gambliser.com/2012/04/how-to-install-avast-antivirus-on-centos-6-2/

Technorati 标签: centos,avast Installing antivirus in Linux workstation? Why not? This tutorial will show you how to install Avast Home for Linux version 1.3.0 on a CentOS 6.2 Linux. Its pretty easy to install Avast Antivirus in CentOS 6.2 since Avast developer already provided Avast4Workstation rpm binary which is can be installed automatically in CentOS 6.2.
How to install Avast Linux 1.3.0 on CentOS 6.2
1. Install dependency file
yum install libexpat.so.0
It should returned something like this on Terminal:
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package compat-expat1.i686 0:1.95.8-8.el6 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package                Arch          Version               Repository     Size
================================================================================
Installing:
compat-expat1          i686          1.95.8-8.el6          base           62 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Total download size: 62 k
Installed size: 157 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
compat-expat1-1.95.8-8.el6.i686.rpm                      |  62 kB     00:05    
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
Installing : compat-expat1-1.95.8-8.el6.i686                              1/1
Installed:
  compat-expat1.i686 0:1.95.8-8.el6       
2. Now download Avast for Linux rpm. You will have a file name: avast4workstation-1.3.0-1.i586.rpm
3. Execute this command to install:
rpm -i avast4workstation-1.3.0-1.i586.rpm
4. Now open Avast GUI via Applications | Accessories | Avast Antivirus. On the first run, you will be asked for license key. Simply follow the link to obtain free license key and enter it.





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