Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement the Fedora-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its compatible spinoffs such as CentOS or Scientific Linux. Visit the Fedora EPEL Wiki for more information.
Requirements
Install EPEL Repository
- Download the latest EPEL repository
wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm
- Run the rpm install command
rpm -Uvh epel-release-5*.rpm
Configure EPEL Repository
- Open the EPEL repository file
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
- Set priority for the EPEL repository
Add priority=3 to the end of the [epel] section