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--- wiki:centos_7_no_wget_install_epel [2017/01/12 18:58] – walkeradmin
+++ wiki:centos_7_no_wget_install_epel [2017/01/12 19:14] – [Update Repositories] walkeradmin
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 <color red>curl</color> is installed, and so we can use Curl as a drop in replacement for wget.
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+Before downloading anything, you need to know your Linux version (just 5,6,7 etc) for this you can use:
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+    rpm --query centos-release
+    centos-release-7-2.1511.el7.centos.2.10.x86_64
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-Instead of using         wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+Instead of using     wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-You can use              curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+     You can use     curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+     curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
+                                    Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left   Speed
+14704  100 14704    0     0  15144      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 15143
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+Remember to use the correct version ../pub/epel/epel-release-latest-<color red> 7 </color>.noarch.rpm)
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+  sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+  sudo yum clean all
+  sudo rpmdb -v --rebuilddb
+  sudo yum -y install libselinux-python
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-curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+That's it, epel repository is now installed. You can check from the website what is available. So for instance, from a web browser navigate to:
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+    https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel
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+Here you will see a list like:
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+{{ :wiki:epel001.jpg?700 |}}
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+Navigate to
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+Server/x86_64/h
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+And scroll down until you see htop
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+{{ :wiki:epel002.jpg?700 |}}
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+So we can see that htop is part of the epel repository and can be installed.
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