How do I install the extra repositories such as Fedora EPEL repo on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server version 7.x or CentOS Linux server version 7.x?
You can easily install various packages by configuring a CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 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.
How to install RHEL EPEL repository on Centos 7 or RHEL 7
The following instuctions assumes that you are running command as root user on a CentOS/RHEL 7 system and want to use use Fedora Epel repos.
Install the extra EPEL repositories
The command is as follows to download epel release for CentOS and RHEL 7 using wget command:
cd /tmp wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/beta/7/x86_64/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm ls *.rpm
To install epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm, type:
sudo yum install epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm
Sample outputs:
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb Examining epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm: epel-release-7-0.2.noarch Marking epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-0.2 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved =========================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =========================================================================================== Installing: epel-release noarch 7-0.2 /epel-release-7-0.2.noarch 22 k Transaction Summary =========================================================================================== Install 1 Package Total size: 22 k Installed size: 22 k Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : epel-release-7-0.2.noarch 1/1 Verifying : epel-release-7-0.2.noarch 1/1 Installed: epel-release.noarch 0:7-0.2 Complete!
List your new repos
Once installed you should see epel repo using the following yum repolist command
$ sudo yum repolist
Sample outputs:
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb repo id repo name status epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 4,444 rhui-REGION-client-config-server-7/x86_64 Red Hat Update Infrastructure 2.0 Cl 1 rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (R 4,457 repolist: 8,902
Search and install package
To list all available packages under a repo called epel, enter:
$ sudo yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available
OR
$ sudo yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available | grep 'package'
OR
$ sudo yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available | less
Example: Search and install htop package from epel repo on a CentOS/RHEL 7.x
The commands are as follows:
## search it ## sudo yum search htop ## get more info, if found ## sudo yum info htop ## install it ## sudo yum install htop
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.
Originally posted 2016-02-21 23:12:55.
