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computing:linux:epel [2011/12/29 15:57]
gcooper
computing:linux:epel [2014/11/09 18:06]
gcooper
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-====== Using the EPEL Repository with Centos 6 ======+====== Using the EPEL Repository ======
  
 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
  
-Check for version and architecture first (64-bit shown here):+The EPEL project offers RPM packages not available in the official repos. 
 + 
 +Check for the latest version and architecture first (this noarch package works for 32/64 bit): 
 + 
 +===== CentOS 7 =====
  
 <file> <file>
-rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm+rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
 </file> </file>
 +
 +===== CentOS 6 =====
 +
 +<file>
 +rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
 +</file>
 +
 +
 +===== CentOS 5 =====
 +
 +<file>
 +rpm -Uvh http://epel.mirror.constant.com/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
 +</file>
 +
 +===== Both =====
  
 Disable the repository unless specifically enabled: Disable the repository unless specifically enabled:
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 enabled=0 enabled=0
 </file> </file>
 +
 +===== SME Server 8 =====
 +
 +<file>
 +/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set epel repository \
 +Name 'Epel - EL5' \
 +BaseUrl 'http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/$basearch' \
 +MirrorList 'http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=$basearch' \
 +EnableGroups no \
 +GPGCheck yes \
 +GPGKey http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL \
 +Visible no \
 +status disabled
 +
 +signal-event yum-modify
 +</file>
 +