Avast for Linux

[viking60]

I did it with yaourt from aur. aur/avast 1.3.0-3. Hm I assume that the install is okay but the version could be "out".
Removing it.

[dedanna1029]

I don't do that with packages that are already in tar.gz format (edit: unless they require compiling). Doing that with packages that are already compiled as tar.gz, I've found doesn't normally work. Best to use the ones already "there" so to speak, as they are. I mean, how much more compiling can there be to do, in a file system that's already a tar.gz-based file system? For instance, take a look at the contents of this tar.gz - it's already compiled. All one has to do is move, if one wants a full installation, the contents of the /bin folder to /bin, the /lib contents to /lib, and the contents of the /share to /usr/share. It's already compiled. There are those that aren't that require compiling, but this one doesn't.

[viking60]

It is no sweat: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=25718
The point is; the same error has occurred on two distros - Not nice = out of my box

[rolf]

I saw the avast site said for i586 but went ahead. I don't understand the intricacies but assume that, if it got as far as launching the gui, it was working as well on my x86_64 system as it would if I had a basically i586 system. I mean, i586 programs running on x86_64 architecture OS is not uncommon, right? Viking, is your Arch installation x86_64 also?

[viking60]

I saw the avast site said for i586 but went ahead. I don't understand the intricacies but assume that, if it got as far as launching the gui, it was working as well on my x86_64 system as it would if I had a basically i586 system. I mean, i586 programs running on x86_64 architecture OS is not uncommon, right? Viking, is your Arch installation x86_64 also?

Nope it is i586, but Avast needs to be 32 bit so that will be in the package instructions.

From my PKGBUILD:

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# Force avast to use system lib32 on 64 bit machines to fix the interface
if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
  cd ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/avast4workstation
  mv lib-gtk2 lib-gtk2-backup
  mv lib-x11 lib-x11-backup
  cd ${pkgdir}/usr/bin
  patch -p0 -i ${srcdir}/gtk-wrap.patch || return 1
fi


It does not fix the Interface tho.. so I guess it is buggy. Not working on 64bit (yours) and 32bit (mine).
Here is the full PKGBUILD for the especially interested:

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# Contributor: Peter Vogl <[email protected]>
# Contributor & Maintainer: Jori Hardman <[email protected]>

pkgname=avast
pkgver=1.3.0
pkgrel=3
pkgdesc="Avast4workstation anti-virus (Home/Non-Commercial Only)"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.avast.com/"
depends=('gtk2')
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && depends=('lib32-gtk2' 'lib32-libxdamage')
license=('custom')
source=(http://files.avast.com/files/linux/avast4workstation-${pkgver}.tar.gz
        avast.desktop
        avast.png
        gtk-wrap.patch)
install=avast.install
md5sums=('dd5965521c7ad01904e262f43489243b'
         '6d156a547b8e3cf1040176eb8181febf'
         '488e60bd262d6937540d453424a0cac7'
         'c9886350bbcabe9da883e01a52588263')

build() {
# Business as usual
cd ${srcdir}/avast4workstation-${pkgver}

# Copy all source files to /usr
install -d ${pkgdir}/usr
cp -r ./* ${pkgdir}/usr || return 1 # meh, cp will work for now

# Force avast to use system lib32 on 64 bit machines to fix the interface
if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
  cd ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/avast4workstation
  mv lib-gtk2 lib-gtk2-backup
  mv lib-x11 lib-x11-backup
  cd ${pkgdir}/usr/bin
  patch -p0 -i ${srcdir}/gtk-wrap.patch || return 1
fi

# Install start menu entry and icons
install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/avast.desktop ${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/avast$
install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/avast.png ${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/avast.png

# Install license information
install -d ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/avast
install ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/avast4workstation-$pkgver/{EULA,INSTALL,LICENSE$
        ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/avast
}

[dedanna1029]

Just curious if you guys checked the system requirements for it?

* Any Linux distribution (x86 platform only) with GLIBC version 2.1 or higher and pthreads libraries installed
* 486 processor (Pentium or higher recommended)
* 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)

http://www.avast.com/linux-home-edition#tab3

Just curious; it's working fine for me in Arch and Fedora both.

Also, Rolf, http://www.avast.com/linux-home-edition#tab4

Note: the program will not work without a valid license key. To get your key, please use the registration form.

More than anything at the time, I was curious about the .rpm; for now, I'm using the tar.gz in both Fedora and Arch.

Note boss, that there is also a server edition, although it costs.

I'm over the "there are no vulnerabilities in Linux" stuff. It's no safer in reality than anything else. Just ask the trojans in FB, and MSN Msngr.

Thanks.

[rolf]

Also, Rolf, http://www.avast.com/linux-home-edition#tab4

Note: the program will not work without a valid license key. To get your key, please use the registration form.

See earlier in the thread:

Although the site says there is a trial period before the key is necessary, it didn't seem to want to start without the key. Once I entered the key, ...

Probably, they edited their page to remove bad info about the trial period working without a key:

[dedanna1029]

Could be, who knows. *shrug*