Information about the package, xbase, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xbase package is designed for, XBase compatible database library.
Package Name:
xbase
Summary:
XBase compatible database library
Description:
XBase is an xbase (i.e. dBase, FoxPro, etc.) compatible C++ class library originally by Gary Kunkel and others (see the AUTHORS file). XBase is useful for accessing data in legacy dBase 3 and 4 database files as well as a general light-weight database engine. It includes support for DBF (dBase version 3 and 4) data files, NDX and NTX indexes, and DBT (dBase version 3 and 4). It supports file and record locking under *nix OS's.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.1.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
99 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the xbase package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xbase
This command will install xbase on the server.
yum remove xbase
This command will un-install xbase on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xbase, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xbase
This command will un-install xbase 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 xbase when using the -y flag.
yum update xbase
This command will update xbase to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xbase, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xbase
This command will update xbase 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 xbase when using the -y flag.
yum info xbase
This command will show you core information about the xbase package.
yum deplist xbase
This command will show you the dependencies for xbase. 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 xbase
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xbase. 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.