[CentOS] EPEL problem

Sun Jan 26 02:15:42 UTC 2014
Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com>

On 11/23/2013 06:57 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> Hi, all.
> 
> I'm trying to install the EPEL repo on a fully up to date CentOS 6.4. 
> I'm using wget to download from my usual source but after I install it 
> via `sudo rpm -ivh epel-xxxxx` it's not actually there in 
> `/etc/yum.repos.d`.
> 
> Trying to install it again, Yum just tells me it's already installed.
> 
> I've no idea where it is installed if it is (which I don't think it is) 
> so I'm stumped.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>     Phil...
> 

Hey Phil,

If the file: /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo is not on your system then you
can be sure that the EPEL repo is not installed correctly on your system.

By now the locate database will have been rebuilt.  Try:

[mlapier at mushroom yum.repos.d]$ locate epel.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo

If that fails to find your wayward file then you can be sure that EPEL
repo did not install.  If you do manage to find the epel.repo file just
move it to the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.

If it's not on your system at all then you have to force install with yum.

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