Information about the package, gdbm-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gdbm-devel package is designed for, Development libraries and header files for the gdbm library.
Package Name:
gdbm-devel
Summary:
Development libraries and header files for the gdbm library
Description:
Gdbm-devel contains the development libraries and header files for gdbm, the GNU database system. These libraries and header files are necessary if you plan to do development using the gdbm database. Install gdbm-devel if you are developing C programs which will use the gdbm database library. You'll also need to install the gdbm package.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.8.0
Release:
39.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gdbm-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gdbm-devel
This command will install gdbm-devel on the server.
yum remove gdbm-devel
This command will un-install gdbm-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdbm-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gdbm-devel
This command will un-install gdbm-devel 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 gdbm-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update gdbm-devel
This command will update gdbm-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdbm-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gdbm-devel
This command will update gdbm-devel 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 gdbm-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info gdbm-devel
This command will show you core information about the gdbm-devel package.
yum deplist gdbm-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for gdbm-devel. 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 gdbm-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gdbm-devel. 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.