How to Install AVG Antivirus in Ubuntu Desktop

AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.


Now are going see how to install AVG Antivirus in Ubuntu presently avg antivirus is having only .rpm files to install we need to convert this .rpm files to .deb files to install avg in ubuntu for this we are using a program called alien.We have already discussed about this you can check here


You can download avg antivirus from here

Install AVG Antivirus in Ubuntu

Download the latest version of AVG from the above link to your /usr/local/src/ directory

wget http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71flm-r30-a0791.i386.rpm

sudo rpm -qip --scripts avg71flm-r30-a0791.i386.rpm


Now you need to find the License Number looks like the following

/usr/bin/avgscan -register 70FREE-TX-IB-P1-C01-S139FC-327-9FPB (This number migh vary for you)

As i told you before we will convert .rpm file to .deb file using the following command

sudo alien -k avg71flm-r30-a0791.i386.rpm

Installing debian package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i avg71flm_r30_i386.deb

Now you need to Register your copy of AVG antivirus this time it will propt the following questions

sudo /opt/grisoft/avggui/bin/avggui_update_licinfo.sh

Please enter two additional registration information.

What is your name: Ruchi

What is the name of your company: Debianadmin

sudo avgscan -register

Now you need to enter your license number we have gathered before

AVG7 Anti-Virus command line scanner

Copyright (c) 2006 GRISOFT, s.r.o.

Program version 7.1.30, engine 386

Virus Database: Version 268.11.1/421 2006-08-16

Enter license number: 70FREE-TX-IB-P1-C01-S139FC-327-9FPB

Now we need create an AVG antivirus launcher in the application tab for users

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/avg.desktop

enter the following lines Save and exit the file

    File:/usr/share/applications/avg.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=AVG Antivirus
Comment=Antivirus
Exec=avggui &
Icon=/opt/grisoft/avggui/prog/pixmaps/avgico_big.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

   For an AVG Antivirus update launcher
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/avgupdate.desktop

enter the following lines Save and exit the file

File:/usr/share/applications/avg.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=AVG Updater
Comment=Antivirus
Exec=sudo /opt/grisoft/avg7/bin/avgupdate -o
Icon=/opt/grisoft/avggui/prog/pixmaps/avgupdateico.png
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;


Once you create application menu you need to open AVG antivirus from Applications--->Internet--->AVG Antivirus you can see this here

Once you open AVG Antivirus first time you can see this in the following screen and click ok on license window

AVG Antivirus main windows looks like below here you can select test,test results and update options

Now if you want to update virus database online click on update in the above screen you can see the antivirus updates are in progress and update finished successfully.

If you want to run Virus Scan you need to click on test and you hould see the following screen

Virus scanning in running

Howto Perform AVG updates without the need for (gk)sudo



Recently I’ve notice a number of people apparently having trouble with updating the AVG virus scanner.

perform the following steps:

Add your username to the avg user group

log off

log on

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