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xapian-core


Information about the package, xapian-core, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xapian-core package is designed for, The Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library.


Package Name:

xapian-core

Summary:

The Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library

Description:

Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.2.7

Release:

2.el6

Size:

115 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for xapian-core


Control the xapian-core package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install xapian-core

This command will install xapian-core on the server.

yum remove xapian-core

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

yum -y remove xapian-core

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

yum update xapian-core

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

yum -y update xapian-core

This command will update xapian-core 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 xapian-core when using the -y flag.

yum info xapian-core

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

yum deplist xapian-core

This command will show you the dependencies for xapian-core. 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 xapian-core

This command will check if there is an update waiting on xapian-core. 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.