[KB3723] I cannot run ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop on Ubuntu 15.04 or other systemd-based Linux distributions

Issue

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The error message "error[07400000]: Daemon is not running" is displayed or is present in log files
ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop (or another ESET product for Linux Desktop) is not running after you install, restart and log in
Install ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Linux Desktop on Ubuntu 15.04 or Debian 8.0

Ubuntu 15.04 and Debian 8.0 are not officially supported

While it is possible to install ESET products on these operating systems using the instructions below, ESET technical support does not provide support for ESET products installed on these operating systems at this time.

Details

Many newer Linux distributions use systemd as a service manager. The instructions below detail how to configure ESET products to run on distributions where systemd is a service manager.

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Solution

Install ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop on Linux distributions that use systemd as a service manager

Open a new Terminal window.
Navigate to the systemd services directory:

sudo cd /lib/systemd/system
Create a file called "eset.service":

nano -w eset.service
Add the following content to the file:

[Unit]
Description=ESET Scanner Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/eset/esets/sbin/esets_daemon
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=process
PIDFile=/var/run/esets_daemon.pid
Restart=always
Type=forking

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save your changes. If you use "nano", press CTRL + X and W.
Start the newly created "eset" service:

sudo systemctl start eset
Start ESET NOD32 Antivirus from your Desktop environment.

Alternatively, you can start the ESET GUI using the following command in Terminal:

/opt/eset/esets/bin/esets_gui
Configure the "eset" service and ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop to start automatically after booting up:

sudo systemctl enable eset
Ensure the ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop is starting automatically after logging into the Desktop environment.

Last Updated: Mar 4, 2022