YUM ( Yellowdog Updater, Modified ) is a command-line package management utility for RPM-based Linux systems, It has been released under the GNU General Public License. Yum is useful for RPMs which have dependencies, Yum searches for all dependencies of any RPM in all available repositories.
Below list contains top 5 yum repositories (RepoForge, EPEL, REMI, ATrpms, Webtatic) for RHEL based systems with installation links, which we need to keep our system up to date with latest packages. These repositories having most of the RPMs required for servers.
1. Adding RPMForge Repository
2. Adding EPEL Repository
Use following commands to install EPEL yum repository on your CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5 systems.
CentOS/RHEL 7 # rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-9.noarch.rpmCentOS/RHEL 6 # rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpmCentOS/RHEL 5 # rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
3. Adding REMI Repository
Use following commands to install REMI yum repository on your CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5 and Fedora 21/20 systems.
CentOS/RHEL 7 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpmCentOS/RHEL 6 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpmCentOS/RHEL 5 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpmFedora 25 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-25.rpmFedora 24 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-24.rpmFedora 23 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-23.rpmFedora 22 # rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-22.rpm
4. Adding ATrpms Repository
Use following commands to install ATrpms yum repository on your CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5 and Fedora 20/19 systems.
CentOS/RHEL 7 x86 64bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-7-7.el7.x86_64.rpmCentOS/RHEL 6 x86 64bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-6-7.el6.x86_64.rpmCentOS/RHEL 6 x86 32bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-6-7.el6.i686.rpmCentOS/RHEL 5 x86 64bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-5-7.el5.x86_64.rpmCentOS/RHEL 5 x86 32bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-5-7.el5.i386.rpmFedora 20 x86 64bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-20-7.fc20.x86_64.rpmFedora 20 x86 32bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-20-7.fc20.i686.rpmFedora 19 x86 64bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-19-7.fc19.x86_64.rpmFedora 19 x86 32bit: # rpm -Uvh http://dl.atrpms.net/all/atrpms-repo-19-7.fc19.i686.rpm
5. Adding Webtatic Repository
Use following commands to install REMI yum repository on your CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5 systems.
CentOS/RHEL 7: # rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpmCentOS/RHEL 6: # rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpmCentOS/RHEL 5: # rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el5/latest.rpm
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For RHEL 5 EPEL now you need
sudo rpm -Uvh http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
The link has changed
I know this post is old, but figured I’d update a couple links for anyone finding themselves here…
I’m running CentOS 7.2
2. Adding EPEL Repository
CentOS/RHEL 7
# rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-rpm-macros-7-8.noarch.rpm
4. Adding ATrpms Repository
CentOS/RHEL 7 x86 64bit:
# rpm -Uvh https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.atrpms.net/src/el7-x86_64/atrpms/stable/atrpms-repo-7-7.src.rpm
very informative. It would be nice to give few examples how to use these repositories that would help a lot newbies
http://li.nux.ro/repos.html
Alternatively: yum -y install epel-release
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Very Useful post for the YUM configuration
Hello, when will those repo become available for CentOS 7 ?
Thank you
Hi,
I found this mirror, replace it in your post :
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.neu.edu.cn/CentALT/6/x86_64/centalt-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
Thanks for the great content 😉
Cheers.
Hi Soufiane
That will create repository file in system. But actual repository is still down.
Here is content of working repo file:
[CentALT]
name=CentALT Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 – $basearch
baseurl=http://mirror.neu.edu.cn/CentALT/6/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
http://centos.alt.ru/repository/centos/6/x86_64/
This RPM seems like it will no longer be available. The link is broken and it seems like the maintainer wants donations to maintain the project.
You might want to remove this RPM.
News to the world of Linux. Just wondering if the Adding CentAlt Repository is the same as the Adding CentOS Repository.Sorry if my question sound stupid.
Nice list, but it would have been good if you could also list the use of these repos. I have been using openSUSE since ages and frankly other Linux distros are alien to me. Trying CentOS 6.4 right now, but I am a little lost 🙂