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EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a repository on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7, maintained by a special Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages high quality additional packages for enterprise Linux versions. This includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Scientific Linux (SL), and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). | |||
=Procedure= | |||
Ensure that all installed packages are up-to-date: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
yum clean all | |||
yum update | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Install yum-utils: | |||
{{Internal|Yum#yum-config-manager|yum | yum-config-manager}} | |||
Install EPEL RPM: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-13.noarch.rpm | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
If the specific release is not found, navigate to repository in a browser and locate the latest. | |||
After installation, check the newly installed repository with: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
yum repolist | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
You should see a new epel repositories. | |||
Latest revision as of 19:10, 18 April 2021
External
Internal
Overview
EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a repository on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7, maintained by a special Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages high quality additional packages for enterprise Linux versions. This includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Scientific Linux (SL), and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL).
Procedure
Ensure that all installed packages are up-to-date:
yum clean all
yum update
Install yum-utils:
Install EPEL RPM:
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-13.noarch.rpm
If the specific release is not found, navigate to repository in a browser and locate the latest.
After installation, check the newly installed repository with:
yum repolist
You should see a new epel repositories.