Install F-Prot Antivirus on Linux Mint 13
This short tutorial will trying to explain how to Install F-Prot Antivirus on Linux Mint 13. F-Prot Antivirus is a powerful command line scanner for Linux workstation. It doesn't come with GUI but its pretty easy to use. Installing F-Prot Antivirus on Linux Mint 13 is not hard. It already comes with a single installer file to get start with.
Step to Install F-Prot Antivirus on Linux Mint 13
1. Download F-Prot Antivirus for Linux package. Select the architecture match with yours. F-Prot is available in 32bit and 64bit as well.
2. After download, you should have an archived file called something like fp-Linux.x86.32-ws.tar.gz.
tar xzvf fp-Linux.x86.32-ws.tar.gz
4. It will produce a new directory f-prot
5. Move the f-prot folder to your installation directory for example /opt/
sudo mv /home/dhani/Downloads/f-prot /opt/
6. Now cd to f-prot directory
cd /opt/f-prot
7. Execute the installer
sudo ./install-f-prot.pl
And follow the installation wizard. When done, it will automatically update the virus definition. And for command line usage, please visit this official website.