Information about the package, compat-db42, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-db42 package is designed for, The Berkeley DB database 4.2.52 compatibility library.
Package Name:
compat-db42
Summary:
The Berkeley DB database 4.2.52 compatibility library
Description:
The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. This package contains Berkeley DB library version 4.2.52 used for compatibility.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
4.2.52
Release:
17.el6
Size:
824 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the compat-db42 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-db42
This command will install compat-db42 on the server.
yum remove compat-db42
This command will un-install compat-db42 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-db42, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-db42
This command will un-install compat-db42 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-db42 when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-db42
This command will update compat-db42 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-db42, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-db42
This command will update compat-db42 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove compat-db42 when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-db42
This command will show you core information about the compat-db42 package.
yum deplist compat-db42
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-db42. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update compat-db42
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-db42. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.