Information about the package, mysql-embedded, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mysql-embedded package is designed for, MySQL as an embeddable library.
Package Name:
mysql-embedded
Summary:
MySQL as an embeddable library
URL:
Description:
MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. This package contains a version of the MySQL server that can be embedded into a client application instead of running as a separate process.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.1.73
Release:
8.el6_8
Size:
2.4 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 with exceptions
Control the mysql-embedded package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mysql-embedded
This command will install mysql-embedded on the server.
yum remove mysql-embedded
This command will un-install mysql-embedded on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mysql-embedded, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mysql-embedded
This command will un-install mysql-embedded 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 mysql-embedded when using the -y flag.
yum update mysql-embedded
This command will update mysql-embedded to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mysql-embedded, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mysql-embedded
This command will update mysql-embedded 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 mysql-embedded when using the -y flag.
yum info mysql-embedded
This command will show you core information about the mysql-embedded package.
yum deplist mysql-embedded
This command will show you the dependencies for mysql-embedded. 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 mysql-embedded
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mysql-embedded. 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.