How to Install and Uninstall epel-release.noarch Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "epel-release.noarch" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install epel-release.noarch on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                epel-release.noarch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "epel-release.noarch" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall epel-release.noarch on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the epel-release.noarch package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last metadata expiration check: 0:51:45 ago on Mon Feb 26 15:59:38 2024.
Installed Packages
Name : epel-release
Version : 8
Release : 19.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 35 k
Source : epel-release-8-19.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : @commandline
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.