{"id":3182,"date":"2021-10-19T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2021-10-19T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:15:25","slug":"learn-to-update-centos-to-add-epel-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/learn-to-update-centos-to-add-epel-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to update CentOS to add EPEL repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains the way to install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux system (EPEL) repository on an unmanaged server running CentOS. The EPEL repository permits you to install further Fedora-based packages on CentOS servers.<\/p>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s see the steps to install the EPEL repository<\/h2>\n<p>Following the below steps to install the EPEL repository on your CentOS unmanaged server :<\/p>\n<p>1. As a root user, log in to the server.<\/p>\n<p>2. Now in the command prompt, type the following command<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"crayon-v\">yum<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-i\">y<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-v\">update<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"crayon-616eb57d55f16082905808\" class=\"crayon-syntax crayon-theme-classic crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate\" data-settings=\" minimize scroll-mouseover\">\n<div class=\"crayon-toolbar\" data-settings=\" mouseover overlay hide delay\">\n<div class=\"crayon-tools\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button crayon-nums-button crayon-pressed\" title=\"Toggle Line Numbers\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button-icon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">3. Type the following command to install EPEL repository<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"crayon-nums-content\">\n<div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-616eb57d55f35170087202-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-pre\">\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"crayon-616eb57d55f35170087202-1\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-v\">yum<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-i\">y<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-e\">install <\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">epel<\/span><span class=\"crayon-o\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">release<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"crayon-616eb57d55f35170087202\" class=\"crayon-syntax crayon-theme-classic crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate\" data-settings=\" minimize scroll-mouseover\">\n<div class=\"crayon-plain-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-main\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">4. To verify that the EPEL repository has been added, enter the following command :<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"crayon-616eb57d55f3a136092715\" class=\"crayon-syntax crayon-theme-classic crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate\" data-settings=\" minimize scroll-mouseover\">\n<div class=\"crayon-toolbar\" data-settings=\" mouseover overlay hide delay\">\n<div class=\"crayon-tools\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button crayon-nums-button crayon-pressed\" title=\"Toggle Line Numbers\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-button crayon-plain-button\" title=\"Toggle Plain Code\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button-icon\">\n<div class=\"crayon-nums-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-616eb57d55f3a136092715-1\"><span class=\"crayon-e\">yum <\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">repolist<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-button crayon-wrap-button\" title=\"Toggle Line Wrap\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-button crayon-copy-button\" title=\"Copy\">\n<div class=\"crayon-button-icon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A similar line should appear in the list of repositories :<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"crayon-nums-content\">\n<div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-616eb57d55f3d972050734-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-pre\">\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"crayon-616eb57d55f3d972050734-1\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-e\">epel <\/span><span class=\"crayon-e\">Extra <\/span><span class=\"crayon-e\">Packages <\/span><span class=\"crayon-st\">for<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-e\">Enterprise <\/span><span class=\"crayon-i\">Linux<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-cn\">6<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">&#8211;<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-v\">x86_64<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"crayon-616eb57d55f3d972050734\" class=\"crayon-syntax crayon-theme-classic crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate\" data-settings=\" minimize scroll-mouseover\">\n<div class=\"crayon-plain-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"crayon-main\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">5. 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