{"id":8017,"date":"2019-08-09T07:16:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T07:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=8017"},"modified":"2019-08-09T07:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T07:16:05","slug":"learn-to-update-centos-to-add-epel-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/learn-to-update-centos-to-add-epel-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to update CentOS to add EPEL repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2># Steps to install the EPEL repository<\/h2>\n<p>Perform following steps to install the EPEL repository on your CentOS unmanaged server :<\/p>\n<p>1. As a root user, log in to the server.<\/p>\n<p>2. Now in the command prompt, type the following command<\/p>\n<pre class=\"trim-whitespace:false lang:default decode:true \">yum -y update<\/pre>\n<p>3. Type the following command to install EPEL repository<\/p>\n<pre class=\"trim-whitespace:false lang:default decode:true \">yum -y install epel-release<\/pre>\n<p>4. To verify that the EPEL repository has been added, enter the following command :<\/p>\n<pre class=\"trim-whitespace:false lang:default decode:true \">yum repolist<\/pre>\n<p>A similar line should appear in the list of repositories :<\/p>\n<pre class=\"trim-whitespace:false lang:default decode:true \">epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64<\/pre>\n<p>5. Now you can install any of the packages in the EPEL repository.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/upgrade-mysql-on-centos\/\">Learn to Upgrade MySQL on CentOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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