
How do I add and enable the REMI repository on a CentOS 8 or RHEL 8 system? REMI is a free repository maintained by the Remi team, aimed at providing the latest, fully-featured versions of PHP and other useful software packages. It supports Fedora and Enterprise Linux distributions like RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and Scientific Linux.
Most of the packages provided by REMI are not in the default operating system repositories. If they exist, they’re certainly outdated and lacks more recent feature addition. This guide will show you how to Install REMI Repository on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux distribution.
Enable EPEL repository
Most REMI packages has dependencies on EPEL repository. Enable EPEL using our guide below.
Install REMI repository
Run the following commands in your terminal to install REMI repository on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.
sudo dnf -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
Check enabled repositories.
$ sudo yum repolist
repo id repo name
appstream Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream
baseos Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS
docker-ce-stable Docker CE Stable - x86_64
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
epel-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64
extras Rocky Linux 8 - Extras
powertools Rocky Linux 8 - PowerTools
remi-modular Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
remi-safe Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
rethinkdb RethinkDB
You can install yum-config-manager which will helps you enable and disable a repository quickly from the command line.
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils
Enable and use REMI repository
Then you can enable repository at runtime.
sudo dnf --enablerepo=remi install php-xxx
That’s how easy it is to install REMI repository on your Linux system. Our next guides will demonstrate how to use REMI repository to install packages.
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