<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-2-1 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Requirements</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Requirements"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="clamdoc"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-2-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node11.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node9.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node9.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node11.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <DIV CLASS="navigation"><!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html319" HREF="node11.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html315" HREF="node9.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html309" HREF="node9.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html317" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html320" HREF="node11.html">Installing on shell account</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html316" HREF="node9.html">Installation</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html310" HREF="node9.html">Installation</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html318" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR></DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION00041000000000000000"> Requirements</A> </H2> The following elements are required to compile ClamAV: <UL> <LI>zlib and zlib-devel packages </LI> <LI>gcc compiler suite (tested with 2.9x, 3.x and 4.x series) </LI> </UL> The following packages are optional but <SPAN CLASS="textbf">highly recommended</SPAN>: <UL> <LI>bzip2 and bzip2-devel library </LI> <LI>GNU MP 3 <BR> It's very important to install the GMP package because it allows <code>freshclam</code> to verify the digital signatures of the virus databases and scripted updates. If freshclam was compiled without GMP support it will display "SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES" on every update. You can download GNU MP at <TT><A NAME="tex2html6" HREF="http://www.swox.com/gmp/">http://www.swox.com/gmp/</A></TT> <BR> A note for Solaris/SPARC users: you must set the <SPAN CLASS="textit">ABI</SPAN> system variable to 32 (e.g. <code>setenv ABI 32</code>) before running the configuration script of GMP. </LI> </UL> <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> Tomasz Kojm 2008-03-03 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>