
Once we install the EPEL repository, then issue an update, the system will be running the latest, up to date packages available for a stable system. Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL). Let's start by installing the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository. Your system should always be running the latest packages, for performance and security. This will always work with a fresh / vanilla install. It is highly recommended to do this on a system that has not been modified, as other repositories or packages may cause conflicts.(Please pay special attention to concentrated commands, where there is a & between two commands) No blind copy and paste! Read what you're typing, and try to understand it. (Unmanaged VPS accounts typically run root, while managed shared hosting environments or managed VPS accounts tend to use sudo users) This is only recommended if you know what you're doing and are in a hurry! Everyone else, please continue reading. If you want the quick and dirty method (copy and paste one line), please find our quick methods for CentOS 6 and CentOS 7 at the bottom. Since it's been a while, I figured I'd do an updated install guide for CentOS. When I wrote the article back in June of 2018 on How to Install FFMpeg in CentOS 6 and 7, I did not expect it to be referenced so often! Originally, the article was written to guide how to install FFMpeg quickly, but like so many of the articles they are inspired by my desire to install something and not quite understanding other guides. (Need CentOS 8? Check out this Guide to Installing FFMpeg on CentOS 8)
