How To Install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8. epel-release is Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `epel-release`

This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository GPG key as well as configuration for yum.

We can use yum or dnf to install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epel-release.

Install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install epel-release using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install epel-release

Install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install epel-release using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install epel-release

How To Uninstall epel-release on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the epel-release package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove epel-release

epel-release Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-modular.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing-modular.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-epel.preset
/usr/share/doc/epel-release
/usr/share/doc/epel-release/GPL
/usr/share/doc/epel-release/README-epel-8-packaging.md
/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-modular.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing-modular.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-epel.preset
/usr/share/doc/epel-release
/usr/share/doc/epel-release/README-epel-8-packaging.md
/usr/share/licenses/epel-release
/usr/share/licenses/epel-release/GPL

References

epel-release website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-release on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.