How to install epel source to RHEL/centos 7/6/5

Run the wget command to download and install the RPM file.

RHEL/centos 7 64 bit

 



 
## RHEL/CentOS 7 64-Bit ##
# wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/beta/7/x86_64/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm

RHEL/centos 6 32-64 bit

 



 
 
## RHEL/CentOS 6 32-Bit ##
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

## RHEL/CentOS 6 64-Bit ##
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

RHEL/centos 5 32-64 bit

 
## RHEL/CentOS 5 32-Bit ##
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

## RHEL/CentOS 5 64-Bit ##
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

RHEL/centos 4 32-64 bit

 



 
## RHEL/CentOS 4 32-Bit ##
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/4/i386/epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm

## RHEL/CentOS 4 64-Bit ##
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/4/x86_64/epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm

How can I check whether epel is successfully installed?

Run the following command:

 



# Yum repolist

Output:

[[email protected] ~]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.yun-idc.com
 * epel: ftp.sjtu.edu.cn
 * extras: mirrors.yun-idc.com
 * updates: mirrors.yun-idc.com
repo id                        repo name                                                     status
base/7/x86_64                  CentOS-7 - Base                                               8,465
epel/x86_64                    Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64                5,036
extras/7/x86_64                CentOS-7 - Extras                                                30
updates/7/x86_64               CentOS-7 - Updates                                              423
repolist: 13,954
[[email protected] ~]# 

How to install software using the epel source?

For example, to view cacti Information

 



# Yum -- enablerepo = epel info cacti

Run the following command for installation:

 



# Yum -- enablerepo = epel install cacti

Note: The epel configuration file is in/Etc/yum. Repos. d/epel. Repo.