{"id":1969,"date":"2014-08-19T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T11:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2014-08-19T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T11:03:49","slug":"1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"Install EPEL Repo on a CentOS and RHEL 7.x"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You can easily install various packages by configuring a CentOS 7.x or RHEL 7.x system to use Fedora EPEL repos and third party packages. Please note that these packages are not officially supported by either CentOS or Red Hat, but provides many popular packages and apps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How to install RHEL EPEL repository on Centos 7.x or RHEL 7.x<\/h2>\n

The following instuctions assumes that you are running command as root user on a CentOS\/RHEL 7.x system and want to use use Fedora Epel repos.<\/p>\n

Install the extra EPEL repositories<\/h3>\n

The command is as follows to download epel release for CentOS and RHEL 7.x using wget command:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\r\ncd<\/span> \/tmp\r\nwget<\/span> http:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/beta\/7<\/span>\/x86_64\/epel-release-7<\/span>-0.2<\/span>.noarch.rpm\r\nls<\/span> *.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n
To install epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm, type:<\/p>\n
\u00a0\r\nsudo<\/span> yum install<\/span> epel-release-7<\/span>-0.2<\/span>.noarch.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb\r\nExamining epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm: epel-release-7-0.2.noarch\r\nMarking epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm to be installed\r\nResolving Dependencies\r\n--> Running transaction check\r\n---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-0.2 will be installed\r\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\r\n\u00a0\r\nDependencies Resolved\r\n\u00a0\r\n<\/span>===========================================================================================<\/span>\r\n Package             Arch          Version         Repository                         Size\r\n<\/span>===========================================================================================<\/span>\r\nInstalling:\r\n epel-release        noarch        7-0.2           \/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch         22 k\r\n\u00a0\r\nTransaction Summary\r\n<\/span>===========================================================================================<\/span>\r\nInstall  1 Package\r\n\u00a0\r\nTotal size: 22 k\r\nInstalled size: 22 k\r\nIs this ok [y\/d\/N]<\/span>: y\r\nDownloading packages:\r\nRunning transaction check\r\nRunning transaction test\r\nTransaction test succeeded\r\nRunning transaction\r\n  Installing : epel-release-7-0.2.noarch                                               1\/1\r\n  Verifying  : epel-release-7-0.2.noarch                                               1\/1\r\n\u00a0\r\nInstalled:\r\n  epel-release.noarch 0:7-0.2\r\n\u00a0\r\nComplete!\r\n<\/pre>\n
List your new repos<\/h2>\n
Once installed you should see epel repo using the following\u00a0yum repolist command<\/a><\/p>\n
$ sudo yum repolist<\/div><\/div>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb\r\nrepo id                                         repo name                            status\r\nepel\/x86_64                                     Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux  4,444\r\nrhui-REGION-client-config-server-7\/x86_64       Red Hat Update Infrastructure 2.0 Cl     1\r\nrhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases\/7Server\/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (R 4,457\r\nrepolist: 8,902\r\n<\/pre>\n
Search and install package<\/h2>\n
To list all avialble packages under a repo called epel, enter:<\/p>\n
$ sudo yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available<\/div><\/div>\n
OR<\/p>\n
$ sudo yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available | grep 'package'<\/div><\/div>\n
OR<\/p>\n
$ sudo yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available | less<\/div><\/div>\n
Sample outputs:<\/p>\n
\"Fig.<\/a><\/p>\n
Example: Search and install htop package from epel repo on a CentOS\/RHEL 7.x<\/h3>\n
The commands are as follows:<\/p>\n
## search it ##<\/span>\r\nsudo<\/span> yum search htop\r\n\u00a0\r\n## get more<\/span> info, if<\/span> found ##<\/span>\r\nsudo<\/span> yum info htop\r\n\u00a0\r\n## install<\/span> it ##<\/span>\r\nsudo<\/span> yum install<\/span> htop\r\n<\/pre>\n
And, there you have it, a larger number of packages to install from EPEL repo on a CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.x.<\/p>\n
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