Information about the package, libdbi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libdbi package is designed for, Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C.
Package Name:
libdbi
Summary:
Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C
Description:
libdbi implements a database-independent abstraction layer in C, similar to the DBI/DBD layer in Perl. Writing one generic set of code, programmers can leverage the power of multiple databases and multiple simultaneous database connections by using this framework. The libdbi package contains just the libdbi framework. To make use of libdbi you will also need one or more plugins from libdbi-drivers, which contains the plugins needed to interface to specific database servers.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8.3
Release:
4.el6
Size:
39 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libdbi package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libdbi
This command will install libdbi on the server.
yum remove libdbi
This command will un-install libdbi on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libdbi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libdbi
This command will un-install libdbi 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 libdbi when using the -y flag.
yum update libdbi
This command will update libdbi to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libdbi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libdbi
This command will update libdbi 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 libdbi when using the -y flag.
yum info libdbi
This command will show you core information about the libdbi package.
yum deplist libdbi
This command will show you the dependencies for libdbi. 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 libdbi
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libdbi. 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.