How To Add EPEL Repository To CentOS/Fedora/Redhat

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (Linux)

Q: How to add EPEL repository to yum in CentOS/Fedora/Redhat? 

EPEL repository a large collection of packages based on RPM distributions. Follow the step by step instructions below to install the EPEL repository to yum in your CentOS/Redhat/Redhat linux systems. Login as root user and run the commands. If your system is use a http proxy server to access internet,
configure that proxy server to use yum commands.

Add RPMforge Repository

[root@server ~]# wget http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6

[root@server ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6

[root@server ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo

#Creating a new epel.repo file, Add the following 5 lines(Green) to the new file.

[epel]

name=EPEL RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

baseurl=http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/epel/6/$basearch/

gpgcheck=1

enabled=0

#And now save the file.

Install package from EPEL Repository

[root@server ~]# yum --enablerepo=epel install [package]

eg: # yum --enablerepo=rpmforge list wine
eg: # yum --enablerepo=rpmforge install wine

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