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perl-DBI


Information about the package, perl-DBI, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-DBI package is designed for, A database access API for perl.


Package Name:

perl-DBI

Summary:

A database access API for perl

Description:

DBI is a database access Application Programming Interface (API) for the Perl Language. The DBI API Specification defines a set of functions, variables and conventions that provide a consistent database interface independent of the actual database being used.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.609

Release:

4.el6

Size:

1.7 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-DBI


Control the perl-DBI package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-DBI

This command will install perl-DBI on the server.

yum remove perl-DBI

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

yum -y remove perl-DBI

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

yum update perl-DBI

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

yum -y update perl-DBI

This command will update perl-DBI 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 perl-DBI when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-DBI

This command will show you core information about the perl-DBI package.

yum deplist perl-DBI

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-DBI. 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 perl-DBI

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-DBI. 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.