I have encountered a problem installing free anti-virus from AVG on Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

Here is a screen-shot of the error message I keep persistently receiving:

http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=avk83v5kkeyhel8

I thought this error was due to the package being damaged or whatnot (I highlighted it on the screen-shot with blue), but I've downloaded it multiple times using different tools and connections (shame they don't provide md5/sha-1 check to control package integrity).

I've tried using the Software Center, Synaptic package manager as well as G-Debi, tried installing the package manually via the Terminal, no proper result whatsoever.

The only reason I'm in need of anti-virus software is that I'm working on dual-boot with Windows, I want to make sure there is no thread to the data on my Windows partition and my personal home network.

Could you please help me resolve the problem, or provide any other solutions on how to stay secured in this particular situation.

Thank you in advance. It's Ubuntu 12.04 x64 (with all system packages up-to-date, package dependencies are checked - nothing else is required). :):):):)

Answer 1

Are you sure you got the Linux version , if you are trying to install the Windows version in Linux it is no wonder you have problems. When you are running Ubuntu nothing can cross infect your Windows installation as it is not running,. I am not at all sure what you are attempting to do here.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Be aware that viruses on Linux are different from viruses that affect Windows. There is no guarantee that anti-virus software for one OS will detect all the viruses for the other one.



I had a similar dilemma with a dual boot system. I solved it by having two NTFS partitions - one for Windows, its applications and files I only wanted to use in Windows, and a second small NTFS partition for files I wanted to share between the operating systems. There are other partitions that are used by Linux and which Windows does not access as it does not understand them.



I added a couple of configuration lines in the GRUB loader configuration file. When I go in to Linux, it hides the main Windows partition so that Linux cannot access it, and when I boot Windows it unhides the partition again. If I have any concerns about the NTFS partition that I use to share files between Linux and Windows, I can run a scan just on that partition. In my case, this partition is fairly small, and I only put files in there that I definitely want to share. If it is a none changing file like a video clip or a music track, I can copy the file into the Windows only or Linux only partition. It means having two copies of these files on the disk, but there are no worries of virus cross contamination.



It depends on which version of GRUB you are using, and whether your disk is using the traditional MBR partition table or one of the recent replacements as to just what you can do and what the commands look like. I am not sure what is possible if you are using a different boot menu system.

Answer 4

You might have better luck with the tar.gz for linux.



I would say AVG is in error, like they used to put things in /opt/ but not this time, so now when they are trying to call it it fails.



Avast has similar laughably bad linux support, requiring a file be altered after each reboot. (not the worst, but c'mon avast, try to pretend I take you seriously)



Also, try clamav, it's been in the *nix world for as long as I can remember.



Edit: Oh, if you can open the deb file and look at the files, then maybe you can edit the script to the correct location, or just do manually what it's supposed to do automatically.