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README for clamtk-gnome

clamtk-gnome is a simple plugin for clamtk to allow a right-click, context menu scan of files or folders in the Nautilus file manager.

Installation

This section gives different options for installing clamtk-gnome.

Please note that you may need to add sudo before the installation commands for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems.

Option A: Installation from downloaded package

There are deb and rpm packages to install this plugin:

On Debian based systems (Ubuntu etc)

dpkg -i clamtk-gnome_6.15-1_all.deb

apt-get install -f

On CentOS systems

yum install clamtk-gnome-6.15-1.fc.noarch.rpm

On Fedora systems

dnf install clamtk-gnome-6.15-1.fc.noarch.rpm

Option B: Manual installation

1. Install clamtk
2. Additionally, you need to install these packages:

• For Debian/Ubuntu based systems: python-nautilus
• For RedHat/Fedora based systems: nautilus-python

3. Download the .tar.xz file
4. As root: cp clamtk-gnome.py /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/
5. Restart Nautilus or log out and log back in

Usage and screenshots

1. Bring up the context menu either by

   1. right clicking on a directory:

   

   2. Or by clicking here:

   

2. Click on the scan button

3. Wait for the scan to complete (pleate note that it may take a couple of seconds for the scan to start and also for the "No threats found" message to be shown at the end - even after the message "Scanning completed" has been shown)

Dependencies

• clamtk >= 6.00
• On Debian based systems: python-nautilus
• On Red Hat based systems: nautilus-python
• nautilus-python 4 with >= 6.15

Links

• https://github.com/dave-theunsub/clamtk-gnome
• https://gitlab.com/dave_m/clamtk-gnome
• http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

Contact

• Dave M, dave.nerd @gmail.com