How to enable EPEL Repository on RHEL7/CentOS7

In this post, we are going to see How to enable EPEL Repository on RHEL7/CentOS7

How to enable EPEL Repository on RHEL7/CentOS7

Need to install EPEL rpm by using below command:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

Out will be like below

Retrieving https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.CmU1nG: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 352c64e5: NOKEY
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
 1:epel-release-7-11 ################################# [100%]
[root@localhost ~]#

Now we installed the Repo and need to check by listing the installed repo using below command:

[root@localhost ~]# yum repolist

List the available packages from EPEL Repository using below command:

[root@localhost ~]# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=epel list

Now we Enabled EPEL Repository successfully on our server and we can use yum to install the packages.

 

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Reference: ITZgeek

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