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
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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.