{"id":3441,"date":"2023-02-04T16:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2023-02-04T16:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:39:43","slug":"how-to-install-and-enable-epel-repository-on-a-centos-rhel-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-install-and-enable-epel-repository-on-a-centos-rhel-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install and enable EPEL repository on a CentOS\/RHEL 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository provides additional software packages for CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems. To install and enable the EPEL repository on CentOS\/RHEL 7, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the EPEL repository RPM:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-ruby\">wget <span class=\"hljs-symbol\">https:<\/span>\/<span class=\"hljs-regexp\">\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub<\/span><span class=\"hljs-regexp\">\/epel\/epel<\/span>-release-latest-<span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>.noarch.rpm<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Install the RPM:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-sql\">sudo yum install epel<span class=\"hljs-operator\">-<\/span><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">release<\/span><span class=\"hljs-operator\">-<\/span>latest<span class=\"hljs-number\">-7.<\/span>noarch.rpm<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Verify that the EPEL repository is enabled:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">yum repolist enabled<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The output should include the EPEL repository, with a status of &#8220;enabled&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After enabling the EPEL repository, you can install additional software packages by using the <code>yum<\/code> package manager. 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