How to install AVG on SUSE Linux? I have downloaded AVG 7.5 for Linux and can't figure out how to install.

4 Comments

1. mr. c says:

   11. May 2010 at 10:03

   assuming you downloaded the SuSE rpm package ( http://free.grisoft.com/filedir/inst/avg75fls-r51-a1243.i386.rpm ) the best way to handle it (or any other RPM which you can’t find on a online suse repository) is the following:

   (all of this, as well as software installation in general should be done as root; su – / sudo are nice, but you might want to log in as root to manage your software (installations))

   step that only need to be done ONCE:
   1) create directory /rpm
   2) open YaST
   3) click "Installation Source"
   4) click on Add – Package Directory
   5) enter /rpm as Path
   6) click on Next
   7) click on Finish to leave "Installation Source"

   steps to be done for every package you want to install
   1) copy the rpm file into the /rpm directory
   2) start YaST
   3) click "Software Management"
   4) in Filter, choose "Installation Sources" and click on dir:///rpm
   5) right click on "avg75fls – AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus Workstation for Linux" (or whatever package) and select Install
   6) click «Ctrl + A» to check whether the package has dependencies which are not installed yet; click OK / Continue to accept any proposed additional packages
   7) click on Accept (bottom right) to start the installation (click Continue again to acknowledge "Automatic Packages".

   advantages of YaST over rpm
   the YaST software management takes care of linking a package with its dependencies and, much more handier, keeps track of those dependencies; thus, if package A depends upon package B (and both are installed thru YaST) and that you choose to change package B (with YaST), YaST will warn you if changing pack. B might cause problems for pack. A

   keep in mind that on Linux AVG is only a SCANNER and does not scan files as you download them. shouldn’t be too much of a problem, as Linux doesn’t allow programs to run "on their own". simply download all files in a specific directory and scan them after download.

2. bnp666 says:

   11. May 2010 at 10:03

   Was it an RPM ? or an executable?

   Just use the rpm command from a terminal window

   e.g. rpm -Uvh package.rpm

   Or just run the file you downloaded ./exectuable

   Not sure why are bothering though, theres hardly any viruses than run on Linux and the ones that do exist are hard to run anyway..

3. Ricky B says:

   11. May 2010 at 10:03

   Hope this help
   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=136064

4. linux_up says:

   11. May 2010 at 10:03

   you do realize there is little to no reason to bother with it in linux at least not on a home desktop trust me if anyone could get a virus I would with my surfing habits I could ruin a windows box in less then a day I have been running the same linux mint on this machine for nearly a year now with zero issues