CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux 6 Enable & Install EPEL Repo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux 6 Enable & Install EPEL Repo</u></span><br /> <span class="drop_cap" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; float: left; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.15em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span class="drop_cap" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; float: left; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.15em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E</span><span style="line-height: 27px;">xtra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL). How do I enable it under CentOS 6 or RHLE 6 server?</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span id="more-11465" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;">You need to install the following rpms as per your Enterprise Linux version. Use the </span>wget command<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;"> to download rpm files.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 32px;"><b>If you are running an CentOS6/RHEL 7 version</b></span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">See "<a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/2016/01/how-to-install-epel-repo-on-centos-and.html">Install EPEL Repo on a CentOS and RHEL 7.x</a>".</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are running an CentOS6/EL6 version, enter:</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">$ cd /tmp<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />$ <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-wget-your-ultimate-command-line-downloader.html" style="color: grey; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" title="wget command">wget</a> http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/fedora/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm</span></code></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are running an CentOS5/EL5 version, enter:</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">$ cd /tmp<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />$ <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-wget-your-ultimate-command-line-downloader.html" style="color: grey; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" title="wget command">wget</a> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># rpm -ivh epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm</span></code></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are running an CentOS4/EL4 version, enter:</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The following may not be supported:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">$ cd /tmp<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />$ <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-wget-your-ultimate-command-line-downloader.html" style="color: grey; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" title="wget command">wget</a> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/4/i386/epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># rpm -ivh epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm</span></code></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Install epel*.rpm file using</span><span style="color: #111111;"> </span><span style="color: #996633; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">yum command</span></span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You can use the yum command instead of rpm command:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum install epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />Sample outputs:</span><span style="background-color: #fafbfc; color: #666666;"> </span></span></div> <pre class="ini" style="background-color: #fafbfc; clear: both; color: #666666; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; overflow: auto; padding: 14px; tab-size: 4; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, security, subscription-manager This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite. Setting up Install Process Examining epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch.rpm: epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch Marking epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package epel-release.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">0</span>:<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span> will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution   Dependencies <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Resolved   </span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span> Package Arch Version Repository <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Size </span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span> Installing: epel-release noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span> /epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k   Transaction <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Summary </span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span> Install <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span> Package<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">(</span>s<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">)</span>   Total size: <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k Installed size: <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k Is this ok <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">[</span>y/N<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">]</span></span>: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span> Verifying : epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>   Installed: epel-release.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">0</span>:<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>   Complete!    </span></pre> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How do I list all enabled repos?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Type the following commands:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum repolist</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />OR</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum -v repolist | less</span></code></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sample outputs:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqtc1vbBO8hJjYLY-rA8QlFXdPraYwN_XgtNLF4o-1dAzLpoxS-j62DPsEkssYoqZCTYXLbCuzDAkbNbvewIZH_9oNJ3wXhyphenhyphenNOx9HZVfNnOMbMjSAPzpp-2TLQ9tfF5GeUyxPvZqPxdo/s1600/yum-query-repo-command_www.hackthesec.co.in.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqtc1vbBO8hJjYLY-rA8QlFXdPraYwN_XgtNLF4o-1dAzLpoxS-j62DPsEkssYoqZCTYXLbCuzDAkbNbvewIZH_9oNJ3wXhyphenhyphenNOx9HZVfNnOMbMjSAPzpp-2TLQ9tfF5GeUyxPvZqPxdo/s1600/yum-query-repo-command_www.hackthesec.co.in.png" /></span></a></div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_13130" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; float: none; height: auto; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px auto 27px; max-width: 100%; padding: 14px; text-align: center; width: 604px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fig.01: Yum Query All Repositories and Show Repository ID's Command</span></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;">Please note that </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">epel</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;"> is your "EPEL Repo ID" in the above output.</span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How do I list all packages in EPEL repo?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Type the following command to list all packages from EPEL repo only:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />To search packages in epel repo only, enter:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" search packageNameHere<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" search nginx</span></code></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How do I use EPEL repo?</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Simply use the yum commands to search or install packages from EPEL repo:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum search nginx<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># yum update<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" install nginx</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />Sample outputs:</span></div> <pre style="background-color: #fafbfc; clear: both; color: #666666; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 27px; overflow: auto; padding: 14px; tab-size: 4; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, subscription-manager Updating certificate-based repositories. epel/metalink | 13 kB 00:00 epel | 4.3 kB 00:00 epel/primary_db | 4.1 MB 00:03 Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package dkms.noarch 0:2.0.10-1 will be updated ---> Package dkms.noarch 0:2.1.0.1-1.el6 will be an update ---> Package iftop.x86_64 0:0.17-1.el6 will be updated ---> Package iftop.x86_64 0:1.0-0.1.pre2.el6 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================== Updating: dkms noarch 2.1.0.1-1.el6 epel 99 k iftop x86_64 1.0-0.1.pre2.el6 epel 44 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================== Upgrade 2 Package(s) Total download size: 144 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/2): dkms-2.1.0.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm | 99 kB 00:00 (2/2): iftop-1.0-0.1.pre2.el6.x86_64.rpm | 44 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 543 kB/s | 144 kB 00:00 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 Importing GPG key 0x0608B895: Userid : EPEL (6) </span><epel fedoraproject.org="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Package: epel-release-6-5.noarch (installed) From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum. Updating : dkms-2.1.0.1-1.el6.noarch 1/4 Updating : iftop-1.0-0.1.pre2.el6.x86_64 2/4 Cleanup : dkms-2.0.10-1.noarch 3/4 Cleanup : iftop-0.17-1.el6.x86_64 4/4 Installed products updated. Updated: dkms.noarch 0:2.1.0.1-1.el6 iftop.x86_64 0:1.0-0.1.pre2.el6 Complete!</span> </epel></span></pre> <h2 style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 32px; margin: 41px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </h2> </div> </div>

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