To enable the EPEL repository on CentOS 7.x, RedHat 7.x, or Oracle Linux 7.0/7.1

Procedure

  1. Download the EPEL repository: 
    wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
  2. Install the EPEL repository: 
    rpm -Uvh epel-release-7*.rpm