for Enterprise linux abbreviation (EPEL) isa high-quality software source for fedora-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), so it is also suitable for CentOS or scientific Li Nux and other distributions. To ensure the stability of the system, it is highly recommended to install the priority control function using YUM. Yum Install http://mirrors.sohu.com/fedora-epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm 6.8 64-bit x86_64, education network Mirror (USTC) yum install http://MIRRORS.USTC.EDU.CN/FEDORA/EPEL/6 /x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm/etc/yum.repos.d/Epel.repo set priority for Epel repository installation Source: priority =3 is added to the end of the [Epel] section.
This can be very convenient to install some commonly used software, such as to the Nginx, OpenVPN, Htop, NCDU, you can use the following commands, without the need to compile the installation, it is very installed.
Yum-y Install Nginx
CentOS6.5 Installing the EPEL source