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R-DBI


Information about the package, R-DBI, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The R-DBI package is designed for, Database interface module for R.


Package Name:

R-DBI

Summary:

Database interface module for R

Description:

A database interface (DBI) definition for communication between R and relational database management systems.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.2.5

Release:

7.el6

Size:

385 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for R-DBI


Control the R-DBI package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install R-DBI

This command will install R-DBI on the server.

yum remove R-DBI

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

yum -y remove R-DBI

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

yum update R-DBI

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

yum -y update R-DBI

This command will update R-DBI 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 R-DBI when using the -y flag.

yum info R-DBI

This command will show you core information about the R-DBI package.

yum deplist R-DBI

This command will show you the dependencies for R-DBI. 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 R-DBI

This command will check if there is an update waiting on R-DBI. 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.