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