How to Install and Uninstall epel-release.noarch Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 08,2025

1. Install "epel-release.noarch" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install epel-release.noarch on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                epel-release.noarch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "epel-release.noarch" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall epel-release.noarch on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the epel-release.noarch package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : epel-release
Arch : noarch
Version : 7
Release : 13
Size : 25 k
Repo : installed
From repo : /epel-release-latest-7.noarch
Summary : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration
URL : http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel
License : GPLv2
Description : This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
: (EPEL) repository GPG key as well as configuration for yum.