How to Install EPEL in Red Hat Gnu/Linux 8

September 10, 2019 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Red Hat Linux 8 EPEL Repository Setup – Step-by-step Guide

The Tip Simply Shows How to Enable the EPEL Repository on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 64-bit .

And the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat and Scientific Linux (SL), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (OEL).

How to Install EPEL Repo Red Hat Linux 8 - Featured
  1. Open Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    How to Install EPEL Repo Red Hat Linux 8 - Open Terminal

    Or Login into Shell.

  2. Download Latest EPEL Release for Red Hat Linux 8

    Latest epel-release Red Hat Linux 8

    Search for “epel-release” Package on Page.

  3. Then to Install EPEL for Red Hat Linux 8
    First, Access the Target:

    cd ~/Downloads

    (But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.)
    To Verify it’s there:

    ls | grep epel

    And finally, Setup it with:

    sudo su -c "rpm -ivh ./epel-release-latest-8*noarch.rpm"

    Again, Update it with:

    sudo dnf -y update epel-release

    Last, Enable the Extra CodeReady Builder Repo:

    sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-$(arch)-rpms"
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