The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has been released a couple of days before. In this tutorial, let us see how to enable EPEL repository on RHEL 7.
How to install EPEL for Centos 7
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7 (Broken)
Download EPEL and install using yum:
yum install http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
Or,
yum install epel-release
Sample output:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm | 13 kB 00:00 Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-adCP8h/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm: epel-release-7-0.2.noarch Marking /var/tmp/yum-root-adCP8h/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-0.2 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: epel-release noarch 7-0.2 /epel-release-7-0.2.noarch 22 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total size: 22 k Installed size: 22 k Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : epel-release-7-0.2.noarch 1/1 Verifying : epel-release-7-0.2.noarch 1/1 Installed: epel-release.noarch 0:7-0.2 Complete!
Check if EPEL repo Installed:
[root@localhost ~]# yum update
[root@localhost ~]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: nl.mirror.eurid.eu repo id repo name status epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 4,572 repo Updates PRE Release 8,465 repolist: 13,037 [root@localhost ~]#
Install packages:
Example: Thunderbird.
[root@localhost ~]# yum install thunderbird
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* epel: be.mirror.eurid.eu
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package thunderbird.x86_64 0:24.5.0-2.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
thunderbird x86_64 24.5.0-2.el7 epel 45 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 45 M
Installed size: 86 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]:
Done.
