I am updating a project that relied on EPEL 7; up until this year, the following repo link worked just fine: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm This was the full rpm command I was using to enable it: rpm -ivh --nosignature https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm However, that link now fails to download. When I try the URL myself, I get a 404 Page Not Found error. This makes sense, EPEL 7 was deprecated, but in case the project cannot be upgraded to use EPEL 8, I still would like to have an EPEL 7 source available as a backup. If anyone has a link to such an archive of EPEL 7, once that I can install with RPM, that would be much appreciated. I did find this on the official EPEL site: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/7/ However, I cannot use that link directly, nor am I sure where/if they provide a full RPM package within. The project is running Redhat 7.9 (yes I am aware this version is also outdated, the project requires it.) If EPEL 8 is supposed to be backwards compatible to Redhat 7.9, then maybe I will never have to use EPEL 7 again. EDIT: As far as I can tell, EPEL 8 does require Redhat 8, so that is not an option for me.

I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.8 (Maipo) and when I try to run. yum install epel-release > No package epel-release available. > Error: Nothing to do I need to install this for DKMS

I'm installing epel-release in two different RHEL 9.4-based containers:

yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(rpm  -E %{rhel}).noarch.rpm

One is based on:

$ grep ^VERSION /etc/os-release
VERSION="9.20241104.0.4 (Plow)"
VERSION_ID=9.4

And the other is based on:

$ grep ^VERSION /etc/os-release
VERSION="9.20241008.0.4 (Plow)" 
VERSION_ID=9.4

In the 9.20241008.0.4 variant, this works fine:

bash-5.1# yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=epel makecache
[...]
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                                                119 kB/s |  35 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

But on the 9.20241104.0.4 version, accessing EPEL fails with a 404 error:

bash-5.1# yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=epel makecache
[...]
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9.4 - x86_64                                                               83 kB/s | 144 kB     00:01
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'epel':
  - Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-9.4&arch=x86_64&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir  (IP: 152.19.134.198)
  - Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-9.4&arch=x86_64&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir  (IP: 38.145.60.21)
  - Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-9.4&arch=x86_64&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir&countme=1  (IP: 8.43.85.67)
  - Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-9.4&arch=x86_64&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir  (IP: 8.43.85.67)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'epel': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Status code: 404 for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-9.4&arch=x86_64&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir  (IP: 38.145.60.21)

In the second instance, $releasever is being replaced by 9.4, which causes a 404 error (which is itself probably *also* a problem, since RHEL 9.4 has been out since April and 9.3, 9.2, and 9.1 work as expected). Where does the value of releasever come from, and how do I see it? [This answer from unix.stackexhange.com](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/20226/4989) suggests:

/usr/libexec/platform-python -c '
import dnf, json
db = dnf.dnf.Base()
print(json.dumps(db.conf.substitutions, indent=2))'

Which produces identical output in both environments:

{
  "arch": "x86_64",
  "basearch": "x86_64",
  "releasever": "9"
}

Given the about output, where is that 9.4 coming from? (As a workaround, I'm simply running sed -i "s/\\\$releasever/$(rpm -E '%{rhel}')/g" /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo, which works fine, but I'm curious why this is necessary.) --- For the record: both environments have the same versions of redhat-release, dnf, and rpm:

bash-5.1# grep '^VERSION=' /etc/os-release
VERSION="9.20241104.0.4 (Plow)"
bash-5.1# rpm -q redhat-release rpm dnf
redhat-release-9.4-0.5.el9.x86_64
rpm-4.16.1.3-29.el9.x86_64
dnf-4.14.0-9.el9.noarch

bash-5.1# grep '^VERSION=' /etc/os-release
VERSION="9.20241008.0.4 (Plow)"
bash-5.1# rpm -q redhat-release rpm dnf
redhat-release-9.4-0.5.el9.x86_64
rpm-4.16.1.3-29.el9.x86_64
dnf-4.14.0-9.el9.noarch

It seems that recently epel-7 has been removed, and so I can no longer follow instructions from: * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/598028/how-to-install-epel-release-in-red-hat-linux-7-8 How would one install rapidjson-devel on Amazon Linux 2 today ? Steps: > docker run -it --entrypoint bash public.ecr.aws/lambda/dotnet:7 # cat /etc/os-release NAME="Amazon Linux" VERSION="2" [...] # yum install rapidjson-devel Loaded plugins: ovl No package rapidjson-devel available. Error: Nothing to do Since on my side: # curl -I http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found --- Previously it was possible to do it this way: # yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm # yum -y install rapidjson-devel

I'm trying to use [Oz] to create a CentOS 6.4 virtual machine image and install some packages from EPEL. When it tries to install the epel-release package, I get the error: Public key for epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm is not installed I can pass a custom kickstart file to Oz, so my thinking is to import this key in the post-installation script. What should I put in the %post section so the appropriate key gets imported? For reference, here's what my Oz template looks like this: centos-6.4 CentOS-6 4 x86_64 file:///data/isos/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso CentOS 6.4 x86_64 http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch yes (I could just turn off the check for signed packages, but I'd like to figure out how to do this without turning off that check). Edit: Here's what my custom kickstart currently looks like: install text key --skip keyboard us lang en_US.UTF-8 skipx network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp rootpw %ROOTPW% firewall --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 selinux --disabled timezone --utc America/New_York bootloader --location=mbr --append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200" zerombr yes clearpart --all part / --fstype ext4 --size=1024 --grow reboot %packages @base %post # What do I put here???

This has been working on my vagrant vm for a few month without any issues. I didn't change anything, it has been vagrant up and vagrant destroy'd several times before with no problems. But now it fails and I can't find out what the problem seems to be. I can't even install vim. ###Version Information [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 00:31:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/*{release,version} CentOS release 6.5 (Final) CentOS release 6.5 (Final) CentOS release 6.5 (Final) ###Installing EPEL [root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$(uname -i)/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm Receiving http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm Warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.RGvUnd: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, Key-ID 0608b895: NOKEY Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:epel-release ########################################### [100%] [root@localhost ~]# yum clean all [root@localhost ~]# ###/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo [epel] name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch failovermethod=priority enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 ### Trying to check update (FAILS) [root@localhost ~]# yum check-update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * epel: mirrors.ircam.fr * extras: mirror2.hs-esslingen.de * updates: mirror2.hs-esslingen.de http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 : [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found" Trying other mirror. [...] ###Trying to check update excluding epel (WORKS) [root@localhost ~]# yum --disablerepo="epel" check-update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * extras: mirror2.hs-esslingen.de * updates: mirror2.hs-esslingen.de [vagrant@localhost ~]# ###URLGRABBER_DEBUG [root@localhost ~]# URLGRABBER_DEBUG=1 yum check-update 2> debug.log 2014-09-03 07:39:10,534 MIRROR: trying repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 -> http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 INFO:urlgrabber:MIRROR: trying repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 -> http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 2014-09-03 07:39:10,535 combined options: { 'checkfunc' : (>, ('primary_db',), {}), 'copy_local' : 1, 'http_headers' : (), 'range' : None, 'reget' : 'simple', 'size' : '6623767', 'text' : 'epel/primary_db', 'delegate' : { 'bandwidth' : 0, 'cache_openers': True, 'checkfunc' : None, 'close_connection': 0, 'copy_local' : 0, 'data' : None, 'delegate' : None, 'failure_callback': (>, (), {}), 'ftp_headers' : None, 'http_headers' : (), 'interrupt_callback': >, 'keepalive' : True, 'max_header_size': 2097152, 'opener' : None, 'password' : None, 'prefix' : None, 'progress_obj' : , 'proxies' : None, 'quote' : None, 'range' : None, 'reget' : 'simple', 'retry' : 10, 'retrycodes' : [-1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7], 'size' : None, 'ssl_ca_cert' : None, 'ssl_cert' : None, 'ssl_cert_type': 'PEM', 'ssl_context' : None, 'ssl_key' : None, 'ssl_key_pass' : None, 'ssl_key_type' : 'PEM', 'ssl_verify_host': True, 'ssl_verify_peer': True, 'text' : None, 'throttle' : 0, 'timeout' : 30.0, 'urlparser' : , 'user_agent' : 'urlgrabber/3.9.1 yum/3.2.29', 'username' : None, } } DEBUG:urlgrabber:combined options: { 'checkfunc' : (>, ('primary_db',), {}), 'copy_local' : 1, 'http_headers' : (), 'range' : None, 'reget' : 'simple', 'size' : '6623767', 'text' : 'epel/primary_db', 'delegate' : { 'bandwidth' : 0, 'cache_openers': True, 'checkfunc' : None, 'close_connection': 0, 'copy_local' : 0, 'data' : None, 'delegate' : None, 'failure_callback': (>, (), {}), 'ftp_headers' : None, 'http_headers' : (), 'interrupt_callback': >, 'keepalive' : True, 'max_header_size': 2097152, 'opener' : None, 'password' : None, 'prefix' : None, 'progress_obj' : , 'proxies' : None, 'quote' : None, 'range' : None, 'reget' : 'simple', 'retry' : 10, 'retrycodes' : [-1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7], 'size' : None, 'ssl_ca_cert' : None, 'ssl_cert' : None, 'ssl_cert_type': 'PEM', 'ssl_context' : None, 'ssl_key' : None, 'ssl_key_pass' : None, 'ssl_key_type' : 'PEM', 'ssl_verify_host': True, 'ssl_verify_peer': True, 'text' : None, 'throttle' : 0, 'timeout' : 30.0, 'urlparser' : , 'user_agent' : 'urlgrabber/3.9.1 yum/3.2.29', 'username' : None, } } 2014-09-03 07:39:10,535 attempt 1/10: http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 INFO:urlgrabber:attempt 1/10: http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 2014-09-03 07:39:10,535 opening local file "/var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/epel/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2" with mode ab INFO:urlgrabber:opening local file "/var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/epel/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2" with mode ab * About to connect() to mirrors.ircam.fr port 80 (#0) * Trying 129.102.1.37... * connected * Connected to mirrors.ircam.fr (129.102.1.37) port 80 (#0) > GET /pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/9fdd4609f219b3ec5cfa5408ab03b84b2bce97ab6de268b890577ee86b998618-primary.sqlite.bz2 HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: urlgrabber/3.9.1 yum/3.2.29 Host: mirrors.ircam.fr Accept: */* * The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found * Closing connection #0 2014-09-03 07:39:10,610 exception: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found" INFO:urlgrabber:exception: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found" 2014-09-03 07:39:10,610 calling callback: (>, (), {}) INFO:urlgrabber:calling callback: (>, (), {}) Any ideas?

I have installed the newest epel and want to install mod_evasive rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm Uname -a: Linux #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux yum repolist: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.amsiohosting.net * extras: mirrors.supportex.net * rpmforge: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net * updates: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net 0 packages excluded due to repository protections repo id repo name status base CentOS-6 - Base 6,503+72 extras CentOS-6 - Extras 48 rpmforge RHEL 6 - RPMforge.net - dag 4,663+55 updates CentOS-6 - Updates 917+41 repolist: 12,131 yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="epel" search mod_evasive: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase, security Error getting repository data for epel, repository not found mod was excluded in conf but I already removed that from /etc/yum.conf

I have recently installed CentOS Stream 9 and I'm finding that I can't get epel to work properly following any instructions I can find online. Resources for CentOS 8 / CentOS Stream 8 don't work and there are barely any resources for CentOS 9 Stream. I want to install epel so I can install packages like ddclient, but I can't figure it out. Normally I'd just do this:

dnf install epel-release
dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools  # I have also tried PowerTools

But I get this error:

Error: No matching repo to modify: powertools.

I have messed around a lot trying to get epel so my set up may be messed up now, but here are my currently installed relevant packages and repos:

$ dnf list installed | grep -E 'centos|epel'
centos-gpg-keys.noarch                        9.0-3.el9                      @baseos
centos-logos.x86_64                           90.4-1.el9                     @AppStream
centos-logos-httpd.noarch                     90.4-1.el9                     @appstream
centos-stream-release.noarch                  9.0-3.el9                      @baseos
centos-stream-repos.noarch                    9.0-3.el9                      @baseos
epel-release.noarch                           8-13.el8                       @@commandline

$ dnf repolist
repo id                                                              repo name
Plex                                                                 Plex
appstream                                                            CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream
baseos                                                               CentOS Stream 9 - BaseOS

Any help would be much appreciated, I'm almost at the point of just wiping and installing CentOS Stream 8 instead. Thanks!

The very first time that I install a package from epel, I am prompted if I want to import a GPG key. Notice how there are 2 'Is this ok' prompts when installing redis? [root@us-devops-build02 yum.repos.d]# yum install redis Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile .. truncated for readability Total download size: 213 k Installed size: 668 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: redis-2.4.10-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 213 kB 00:00 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY Retrieving key from http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 Importing GPG key 0x0608B895: Userid: "EPEL (6) " From : http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 Is this ok [y/N]: y This causes puppet to fail on freshly-provisioned machines, unless I ssh in to the machine first and manually accept the installation of this key. 1. Why does epel need a key to be downloaded on the first installation of a package? 2. How can I automatically install this key on my images so puppet won't fail?

Installing Nginx on Scientific Linux according this documentation fails: [vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epe l/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm' Retrieving http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch .rpm warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.gdSOR9: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b89 5: NOKEY Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:epel-release ########################################### [100%] [vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install nginx Loaded plugins: security Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Pl ease verify its path and try again [vagrant@localhost ~]$ **Version information** [vagrant@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 21 13:35:52 CST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [vagrant@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/*{release,version} Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) cat: /etc/*version: No such file or directory [vagrant@localhost ~]$ **Note:** sudo yum update -y was issued before starting the installation of nginx **Installation of other packages disabled** [vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install vim -y Loaded plugins: security Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Pl ease verify its path and try again [vagrant@localhost ~]$ **URLGRABBER Debugger Log** 2014-08-03 14:22:44,437 attempt 1/10: https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink ?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64 INFO:urlgrabber:attempt 1/10: https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=ep el-6&arch=x86_64 2014-08-03 14:22:44,438 opening local file "/var/cache/yum/x86_64/6.5/epel/metal ink.xml.tmp" with mode wb INFO:urlgrabber:opening local file "/var/cache/yum/x86_64/6.5/epel/metalink.xml. tmp" with mode wb * About to connect() to mirrors.fedoraproject.org port 443 (#0) * Trying IP... * connected * Connected to mirrors.fedoraproject.org (IP) port 443 (#0) * Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/etc/pki/nssdb * NSS error -8018 * Closing connection #0 * Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) 2014-08-03 14:22:50,071 exception: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 77 - "Problem with th e SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)" INFO:urlgrabber:exception: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 77 - "Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)" 2014-08-03 14:22:50,072 retrycode (14) not in list [-1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7], re-raisi ng INFO:urlgrabber:retrycode (14) not in list [-1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7], re-raising Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Pl ease verify its path and try again **Output yum update before and after attempt to install nginx** [vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo yum update -y Loaded plugins: security Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Pl ease verify its path and try again [vagrant@localhost ~]$ **yum --disablerepo="epel" update** [vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo yum --disablerepo="epel" update Loaded plugins: security Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update