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db4


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


Package Name:

db4

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:

581 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Sleepycat and BSD



Handy Yum Commands for db4


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install db4

This command will install db4 on the server.

yum remove db4

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

yum -y remove db4

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

yum update db4

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

yum -y update db4

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

yum info db4

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

yum deplist db4

This command will show you the dependencies for db4. 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

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