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How To Install EPEL Repo on a CentOS and RHEL 7.x

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">How do I install the extra repositories such as Fedora EPEL repo on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server version 7.x or CentOS Linux server version 7.x?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">You can easily install various packages by configuring a CentOS 7.x or RHEL 7.x system to use Fedora EPEL repos and third party packages. Please note that these packages are not officially supported by either CentOS or Red Hat, but provides many popular packages and apps.</span><br />
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Commands to install EPEL repo on a CentOS Linux and RHEL 7.x</h2>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Open a shell prompt.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Or login to a host called server1 using ssh client.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Install epel using the following command: <kbd style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">yum -y install epel-release</kbd></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Refresh repo by typing the following commad: <kbd style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">yum repolist</kbd></li>
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How to install RHEL EPEL repository on Centos 7.x or RHEL 7.x</h2>
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The following instructions assumes that you are running command as root user on a CentOS/RHEL 7.x system and want to use use Fedora Epel repos.</div>
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<span style="color: #009900; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Method #1: Install Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration (recommended)</span></h3>
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Just type the following yum command on a CentOS 7 or RHEL 7</div>
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<span style="color: #6666cc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Method #2: Install the extra EPEL repositories from dl.fedoraproject.org</span></h3>
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The command is as follows to download epel release for CentOS and RHEL 7.x using wget command:</div>
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<span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">wget</span> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest<span style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span>.noarch.rpm
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To install epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm, type:</div>
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<span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">sudo</span> yum <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">install</span> epel-release<span style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span>.noarch.rpm
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Sample outputs:</div>
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Examining epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>.noarch.rpm: epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>.noarch
Marking epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>.noarch.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">0</span>:<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span> will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
 
Dependencies <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Resolved
 
</span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span>
 Package            Arch         Version   Repository                      <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Size
</span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span>
Installing:
 epel-release       noarch       <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>       /epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>.noarch        <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k
 
Transaction <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Summary
</span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span>
Install  <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span> Package
 
Total size: <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k
Installed size: <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k
Is this ok <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">[</span>y/d/N<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">]</span></span>: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>.noarch                                      <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>
  Verifying  : epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>.noarch                                      <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>
 
Installed:
  epel-release.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">0</span>:<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">7</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-2</span>
 
Complete!
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List your new repos</h2>
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Once installed you should see epel repo using the following yum repolist command
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Sample outputs:</div>
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repo id                                         repo name                                         status
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #009900; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">epel/x86_64                                     Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64    5,610</span></strong>
rhui-REGION-client-config-server-7/x86_64       Red Hat Update Infrastructure 2.0 Client Configur     2
rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (RPMs)          4,718
repolist: 10,330
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Search and install package</h2>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">To list all available packages under a repo called epel, enter:</span></span>
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How To Install EPEL Repo on a CentOS and RHEL 7.x

How To Install EPEL Repo on a CentOS and RHEL 7.x How do I install the extra repositories such as Fedora EPEL repo on a Red Hat Enterpris...

CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux 6 Enable & Install EPEL Repo

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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux 6 Enable & Install EPEL Repo</u></span><br />
<span class="drop_cap" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; float: left; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.15em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span class="drop_cap" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; float: left; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.15em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E</span><span style="line-height: 27px;">xtra 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),CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL). How do I enable it under CentOS 6 or RHLE 6 server?</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span id="more-11465" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;">You need to install the following rpms as per your Enterprise Linux version. Use the </span>wget command<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;"> to download rpm files.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 32px;"><b>If you are running an CentOS6/RHEL 7 version</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">See "<a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/2016/01/how-to-install-epel-repo-on-centos-and.html">Install EPEL Repo on a CentOS and RHEL 7.x</a>".</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you are running an CentOS6/EL6 version, enter:</span></h2>
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<code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">$ cd /tmp<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />$ <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-wget-your-ultimate-command-line-downloader.html" style="color: grey; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" title="wget command">wget</a> http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/fedora/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm</span></code></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The following may not be supported:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">$ cd /tmp<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />$ <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-wget-your-ultimate-command-line-downloader.html" style="color: grey; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" title="wget command">wget</a> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/4/i386/epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># rpm -ivh epel-release-4-10.noarch.rpm</span></code></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Install epel*.rpm file using</span><span style="color: #111111;"> </span><span style="color: #996633; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">yum command</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You can use the yum command instead of rpm command:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum install epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />Sample outputs:</span><span style="background-color: #fafbfc; color: #666666;"> </span></span></div>
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This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite.
Setting up Install Process
Examining epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch.rpm: epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch
Marking epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">0</span>:<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span> will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
 
Dependencies <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Resolved
 
</span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span>
 Package            Arch         Version   Repository                      <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Size
</span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span>
Installing:
 epel-release       noarch       <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>       /epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch        <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k
 
Transaction <span style="color: #000099; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Summary
</span>=<span style="color: #660066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">===============================================================================</span>
Install       <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span> Package<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">(</span>s<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">)</span>
 
Total size: <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k
Installed size: <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">22</span> k
Is this ok <span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">[</span>y/N<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">]</span></span>: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch                                      <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>
  Verifying  : epel-release<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>.noarch                                      <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1</span>
 
Installed:
  epel-release.noarch <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">0</span>:<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">6</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">-8</span>
 
Complete!
 
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How do I list all enabled repos?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Type the following commands:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum repolist</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />OR</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum -v repolist | less</span></code></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sample outputs:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fig.01: Yum Query All Repositories and Show Repository ID's Command</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;">Please note that </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">epel</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 27px;"> is your "EPEL Repo ID" in the above output.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Type the following command to list all packages from EPEL repo only:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" list available</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />To search packages in epel repo only, enter:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" search packageNameHere<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" search nginx</span></code></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How do I use EPEL repo?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Simply use the yum commands to search or install packages from EPEL repo:</span><code style="background-color: #fafbfc; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 21px; word-wrap: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"># yum search nginx<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># yum update<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /># yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" install nginx</span></code><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />Sample outputs:</span></div>
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Updating certificate-based repositories.
epel/metalink                                                                                                                          |  13 kB     00:00
epel                                                                                                                                   | 4.3 kB     00:00
epel/primary_db                                                                                                                        | 4.1 MB     00:03
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dkms.noarch 0:2.0.10-1 will be updated
---> Package dkms.noarch 0:2.1.0.1-1.el6 will be an update
---> Package iftop.x86_64 0:0.17-1.el6 will be updated
---> Package iftop.x86_64 0:1.0-0.1.pre2.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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 Package                            Arch                                Version                                       Repository                         Size
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Updating:
 dkms                               noarch                              2.1.0.1-1.el6                                 epel                               99 k
 iftop                              x86_64                              1.0-0.1.pre2.el6                              epel                               44 k
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade       2 Package(s)
Total download size: 144 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): dkms-2.1.0.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm                                                                                                   |  99 kB     00:00
(2/2): iftop-1.0-0.1.pre2.el6.x86_64.rpm                                                                                               |  44 kB     00:00
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Total                                                                                                                         543 kB/s | 144 kB     00:00
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
Importing GPG key 0x0608B895:
 Userid : EPEL (6) </span><epel fedoraproject.org="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">
 Package: epel-release-6-5.noarch (installed)
 From   : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
  Updating   : dkms-2.1.0.1-1.el6.noarch                                                                                                                  1/4
  Updating   : iftop-1.0-0.1.pre2.el6.x86_64                                                                                                              2/4
  Cleanup    : dkms-2.0.10-1.noarch                                                                                                                       3/4
  Cleanup    : iftop-0.17-1.el6.x86_64                                                                                                                    4/4
Installed products updated.
Updated:
  dkms.noarch 0:2.1.0.1-1.el6                                                 iftop.x86_64 0:1.0-0.1.pre2.el6
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