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ctdb


Information about the package, ctdb, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ctdb package is designed for, A Clustered Database based on Samba's Trivial Database (TDB).


Package Name:

ctdb

Summary:

A Clustered Database based on Samba's Trivial Database (TDB)

Description:

CTDB is a cluster implementation of the TDB database used by Samba and other projects to store temporary data. If an application is already using TDB for temporary data it is very easy to convert that application to be cluster aware and use CTDB instead.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.5.1

Release:

2.el6

Size:

459 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for ctdb


Control the ctdb package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ctdb

This command will install ctdb on the server.

yum remove ctdb

This command will un-install ctdb on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ctdb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ctdb

This command will un-install ctdb 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 ctdb when using the -y flag.

yum update ctdb

This command will update ctdb to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ctdb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ctdb

This command will update ctdb 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 ctdb when using the -y flag.

yum info ctdb

This command will show you core information about the ctdb package.

yum deplist ctdb

This command will show you the dependencies for ctdb. 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 ctdb

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ctdb. 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.