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db4-devel


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


Package Name:

db4-devel

Summary:

C development files for the Berkeley DB (version 4) library

Description:

The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. This package contains the header files, libraries, and documentation for building programs which use the Berkeley DB.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

4.7.25

Release:

22.el6

Size:

6.6 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Sleepycat and BSD



Handy Yum Commands for db4-devel


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install db4-devel

This command will install db4-devel on the server.

yum remove db4-devel

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

yum -y remove db4-devel

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

yum update db4-devel

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

yum -y update db4-devel

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

yum info db4-devel

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

yum deplist db4-devel

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

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