Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the usage of any anti-virus program on Linux is to prevent issues when transferring files to Windows users. In this article I will show you how to install BitDefender on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail and Linux Mint 15 Olivia.
Because it is available via repository, it can be easily installed on Ubuntu and Linux Mint, all you have to do is:
Add the repository:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/ bitdefender non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitdefender.list'
Download and import the key:
$ wget -O- -q http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/bd.key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
Update the repository index:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install BitDefender:
$ sudo apt-get install bitdefender-scanner-gui
To run BitDefender, just do:
$ /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin/bdgui