Information about the package, firebird, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The firebird package is designed for, SQL relational database management system.
Package Name:
firebird
Summary:
SQL relational database management system
Description:
This package contains common files between firebird-classic, firebird-superclassic and firebird-superserver. You will need this if you want to use either one.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.5.7.27050.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
668 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Interbase
Control the firebird package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install firebird
This command will install firebird on the server.
yum remove firebird
This command will un-install firebird on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firebird, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove firebird
This command will un-install firebird 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 firebird when using the -y flag.
yum update firebird
This command will update firebird to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firebird, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update firebird
This command will update firebird 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 firebird when using the -y flag.
yum info firebird
This command will show you core information about the firebird package.
yum deplist firebird
This command will show you the dependencies for firebird. 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 firebird
This command will check if there is an update waiting on firebird. 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.