EPEL repository provides additional packages for Enterprise Linux Variants which includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Enterprise Linux(OEL) that are not available in their standard repositories.
In this post, we will see how to enable EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7.
Enable EPEL Repository
CentOS 7
Install the EPEL repository configuration package using the following command.
yum install -y epel-release
Output:
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-11 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
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 15 k
Installed size: 24 k
Downloading packages:
epel-release-7-11.noarch.rpm | 15 kB 00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : epel-release-7-11.noarch 1/1
Verifying : epel-release-7-11.noarch 1/1
Installed:
epel-release.noarch 0:7-11
Complete!RHEL 7
Install the EPEL repository configuration package using the following command.
yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Output:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm | 15 kB 00:00:00
Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-k6zgIl/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm: epel-release-7-11.noarch
Marking /var/tmp/yum-root-k6zgIl/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-11 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================================
Installing:
epel-release noarch 7-11 /epel-release-latest-7.noarch 24 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total size: 24 k
Installed size: 24 k
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : epel-release-7-11.noarch 1/1
Verifying : epel-release-7-11.noarch 1/1
Installed:
epel-release.noarch 0:7-11
Complete!List All Repositories
You can find the EPEL repo in the list.
yum repolist
Output:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fileplanet.com
* epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net
* extras: centos.mirrors.tds.net
* updates: mirror.fileplanet.com
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 10,097
epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 13,384
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 304
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 310
repolist: 25,012List Packages on EPEL Repository
yum list available --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=epel
Packages list will look like below.
. . . . . . zsh-lovers.noarch 0.9.0-1.el7 epel zstd.x86_64 1.4.2-1.el7 epel zulucrypt.x86_64 5.0.1-1.el7 epel zulucrypt-console.x86_64 5.0.1-1.el7 epel zulucrypt-devel.x86_64 5.0.1-1.el7 epel zulucrypt-doc.noarch 5.0.1-1.el7 epel zulucrypt-libs.x86_64 5.0.1-1.el7 epel zvbi.x86_64 0.2.35-1.el7 epel zvbi-devel.x86_64 0.2.35-1.el7 epel zvbi-fonts.noarch 0.2.35-1.el7 epel
Search Packages on EPEL Repository
Use the search or list option to search packages.
yum search ansible
Output:
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fileplanet.com
* epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net
* extras: centos.mirrors.tds.net
* updates: mirror.fileplanet.com
================================================= N/S matched: ansible ==================================================
ansible-doc.noarch : Documentation for Ansible
ansible-inventory-grapher.noarch : Creates graphs representing ansible inventory
ansible-lint.noarch : Best practices checker for Ansible
ansible-openstack-modules.noarch : Unofficial Ansible modules for managing Openstack
ansible.noarch : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
OR
yum list ansible
Output:
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fileplanet.com
* epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net
* extras: centos.mirrors.tds.net
* updates: mirror.fileplanet.com
Available Packages
ansible.noarch 2.8.4-1.el7 epelInstall Packages from EPEL Repository
By default, the EPEL repository is enabled. So, you can install any packages from EPEL repository with simple yum command.
yum install ansible
Conclusion
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