View source for Install CentOS-Base Repository

=Internal=
* [[Yum#Adding_a_Repository_Definition|yum &#124; Adding a Repository Definition]]

=Overview=

Add a file named CentOS-Base.repo in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code>, with the following content:

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[base]
name=CentOS $releasever – Base
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

[updates]
name=CentOS $releasever – Updates
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

[extras]
name=CentOS $releasever – Extras
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
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Verify that the repository is correctly installed with:
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yum repolist
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You should get something similar to:
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repo id         repo name                     status
base/x86_64     CentOS 7Server – Base         10,072
extras/x86_64   CentOS 7Server – Extras          468
updates/x86_64  CentOS 7Server – Updates       1,932
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