How To Install epel-next-release on CentOS 8

epel-next-release is Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Next repository configuration Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Next repository configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-next-release on CentOS 8.

What is epel-next-release

This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) Next configuration for yum. epel-next-release 8 11.el8 noarch 11 k epel-release-8-11.el8.src.rpm extras Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Next repository configuration http GPLv2 This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) Next configuration for yum.

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

Install epel-next-release on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install epel-next-release

Install epel-next-release on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install epel-next-release

How To Uninstall epel-next-release on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove epel-next-release

epel-next-release Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-next-testing.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-next.repo

References

Summary

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