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db4-cxx


Information about the package, db4-cxx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The db4-cxx package is designed for, The Berkeley DB database library (version 4) for C++.


Package Name:

db4-cxx

Summary:

The Berkeley DB database library (version 4) for C++

Description:

The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. The Berkeley DB includes B+tree, Extended Linear Hashing, Fixed and Variable-length record access methods, transactions, locking, logging, shared memory caching, and database recovery. The Berkeley DB supports C, C++, Java, and Perl APIs. It is used by many applications, including Python and Perl, so this should be installed on all systems.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

4.7.25

Release:

22.el6

Size:

607 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Sleepycat and BSD



Handy Yum Commands for db4-cxx


Control the db4-cxx package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install db4-cxx

This command will install db4-cxx on the server.

yum remove db4-cxx

This command will un-install db4-cxx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove db4-cxx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove db4-cxx

This command will un-install db4-cxx 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 db4-cxx when using the -y flag.

yum update db4-cxx

This command will update db4-cxx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove db4-cxx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update db4-cxx

This command will update db4-cxx 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 db4-cxx when using the -y flag.

yum info db4-cxx

This command will show you core information about the db4-cxx package.

yum deplist db4-cxx

This command will show you the dependencies for db4-cxx. 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 db4-cxx

This command will check if there is an update waiting on db4-cxx. 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.