How to Enable/Disable a Specific Repository in CentOS 7

There are two options [--enablerepo=<reponame> and –disablerepo=<reponame>] available to enable or disable a specific repository during yum installation or update of the packages on CentOS7.

 

This article describes, How to Enable/Disable a Specific Repository in CentOS 7.

 

Enabling Repo: Run the following command to validate the enabled repositories:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………………….. repo id                                                           repo name                                                                                       status base/7/x86_64                                                     CentOS-7 - Base                                                                                 10,070 epel/x86_64                                                       Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64                                                  13,463 extras/7/x86_64                                                   CentOS-7 - Extras                                                                                  413 updates/7/x86_64                                                  CentOS-7 - Updates                                                                               1,134 repolist: 25,080 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Run the following command to enable a specific repository:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum repolist --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=epel Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ……………………. repo id                                                        repo name                                                                                          status epel/x86_64                                                    Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64                                                     13,465 repolist: 13,465 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

In the above output, the EPEL repository is enabled for this yum transaction only.

 

Disabling Repo: Run the following command to validate the enabled repositories:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ………………………….. repo id                                                           repo name                                                                                       status base/7/x86_64                                                     CentOS-7 - Base                                                                                 10,070 epel/x86_64                                                       Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64                                                  13,465 extras/7/x86_64                                                   CentOS-7 - Extras                                                                                  413 updates/7/x86_64                                                  CentOS-7 - Updates                                                                               1,134 repolist: 25,082 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Run the following command to disable a specific repository:

  

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum repolist --disablerepo=epel Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ……………………………. repo id                                                                         repo name                                                                         status base/7/x86_64                                                                   CentOS-7 - Base                                                                   10,070 extras/7/x86_64                                                                 CentOS-7 - Extras                                                                    413 updates/7/x86_64                                                                CentOS-7 - Updates                                                                 1,134 repolist: 11,617 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Done! In the above output, the EPEL Repository is disabled.