How to install EPEL repo on CentOS7 / RHEL7 server step by step guide

In this article we learn how to install EPEL repo on centos and rhel server.Using EPEL repo we can install different packages which is not available in their default repo.

Installation of EPEL repo on centos/RHEL server

There are two methods to install EPEL repo.

Methed1:

To install EPEL repo we are execute the below command.

[root@localhost ~]# yum install epel-release yum-utils

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

* base: centos.myfahim.com

* extras: centos.myfahim.com

* updates: centosd6.centos.org

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-11 will be installed

---> Package yum-utils.noarch 0:1.1.31-50.el7 will be installed

--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size

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Installing:

epel-release noarch 7-11 extras 15 k

yum-utils noarch 1.1.31-50.el7 base 121 k

Transaction Summary

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Install 2 Packages

Total download size: 136 k

Installed size: 361 k

Is this ok [y/d/N]: y

Downloading packages:

(1/2): epel-release-7-11.noarch.rpm | 15 kB 00:04

(2/2): yum-utils-1.1.31-50.el7.noarch.rpm | 121 kB 00:18

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Total 7.5 kB/s | 136 kB 00:18

Running transaction check

Running transaction test

Transaction test succeeded

Running transaction

Installing : yum-utils-1.1.31-50.el7.noarch 1/2

Installing : epel-release-7-11.noarch 2/2

Verifying : epel-release-7-11.noarch 1/2

Verifying : yum-utils-1.1.31-50.el7.noarch 2/2

Installed:

epel-release.noarch 0:7-11 yum-utils.noarch 0:1.1.31-50.el7

Complete!

How to install EPEL repo on CentOS7 / RHEL7 server step by step guide

Method2:

We can download epel release using the wget command. To download this we execute the below command.

# wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

Once it is downloaded we can install using the following command.

#yum install epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

After install the EPEL repo we need to refresh the repo using the below command.

#yum repolist

To install any package using EPEL repo we can execute the below command.

#yum –enableepo=’epel’ install <package name>

If we want to install htop package we can execute the below command.

#yum –enableepo=’epel’ install htop

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