How To Install epel-release on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-release on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epel-release.
Install epel-release on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install epel-release using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install epel-release
Install epel-release on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install epel-release using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install epel-release
How To Uninstall epel-release on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the epel-release package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove epel-release
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-release on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
