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Learn to update CentOS to add EPEL repository

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This article explains how to install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository on an unmanaged server running CentOS. The EPEL repository allows you to install additional Fedora-based packages on CentOS servers.

# Steps to install the EPEL repository

Perform following steps to install the EPEL repository on your CentOS unmanaged server :

1. As a root user, log in to the server.

2. Now in the command prompt, type the following command

yum -y update

3. Type the following command to install EPEL repository

yum -y install epel-release

4. To verify that the EPEL repository has been added, enter the following command :

yum repolist

A similar line should appear in the list of repositories :

epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64

5. Now you can install any of the packages in the EPEL repository.

Also Read :

1) Learn to Upgrade MySQL on CentOS

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