Monday, September 8, 2014

Enable EPEL Repo on CentOS 5 and CentOS 6


What is the EPEL repo?

The EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) yum repository is an excellent source for additional packages for CentOS. Instead of having to compile applications that aren’t included in CentOS’ built-in repositories from source, EPEL can be used.
The EPEL repo is enabled by simply installing an RPM. Please use the command below to install the EPEL repository on your CentOS server. If you are unsure of your CentOS version or architecture, 

CentOS 6 – 32-bit

CentOS 6 – 64-bit

CentOS 5 – 32-bit

CentOS 5 – 64-bit

After running the above commands for your relevant CentOS version, the following file is created:
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
The above file can be edited directly to enable or disable the EPEL repo.

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