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Installation on Linux question

I have installed sophos anti-virus (home edition) on Linux mint. It says Sophos is installed and protecting my computer. But I can't find Sophos anywhere on the computer. Does anyone know how I can access the software? It isn't listed on my Menu. Thank you

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0 Gowtham Mani over 6 years ago

Hi Dawn Julie,

Please confirm if you are using the package from free tools for Linux? Currently Sophos Home is not available Linux OS.

Regards,

Gowtham Mani
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0 QC over 6 years ago

Hello Dawn Julie,

please see the documentation - there's no GUI, it's administered from a terminal window only.

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0 Dawn Julie over 6 years ago in reply to Gowtham Mani

yes the free tools
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0 Dawn Julie over 6 years ago in reply to QC

yes installed through the terminal. Installation was declared a success with a message that Sophos anti-virus is now running on my computer.

I also tried a re-install and there was a message that the software is already installed on the computer almost as soon as I started the re-install so I aborted it.
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0 Dawn Julie over 6 years ago in reply to QC

To test whether it was in fact installed I also tried an un-install and below is the message on the terminal:

ME@ME-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo /opt/sophos-av/uninstall.sh
[sudo] password for ME:
Uninstalling Sophos Anti-Virus.
WARNING: Sophos Anti-Virus still running.
Do you want to stop Sophos Anti-Virus? Yes(Y)/No(N)
>

I chose not to uninstall.
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0 Dawn Julie over 6 years ago in reply to QC

no gui ... so these instructions on https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/viruses/linux/index don't apply re: GUI
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0 QC over 6 years ago in reply to Dawn Julie

Hello Dawn Julie,

while third party sites are sometimes useful because they tell you some tricks or "secrets" they aren't always right and can be even dangerous - either because the information is outdated or it was incorrect from the beginning. There's no hidden GUI, it has been removed in 2015. Note that this article refers to version 9.11.0 whereas the screenshot is from 2012 showing 7.5.9.

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