RHEL-based systems have the YellowDog Updater Modified (YUM) repository for installing, updating, querying, and managing software packages by default. However, there are additional packages that are not available on the system by default and developers use them. To curb this issue, there are a number of external repositories that can be enabled to allow installing these extra packages on the system. These packages are mainly programming languages that are up to date. These repositories include EPEL, REMI, RPM Fusion, Webtactic, and NUX-dextop.
RPMFusion is a software repository that provides additional packages that are not distributed by the Fedora Project. It is a community-maintained repository that provides software as precompiled RPMs for all Fedora versions and current Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. The RPM Fusion repositories can be used with yum tools.
There are two types of repo under RPM Fusion
- RPM Fusion Free – This contains open-source packages
- RPM Fusion Non-Free – This contains Software without Open-source software Licensing but with free source code.
This guide shows you how to enable the RPM Fusion repository on CentOS 9|AlmaLinux 9|RHEL 9
Enable RPM Fusion on CentOS 9 / AlmaLinux 9 / RHEL 9
Enable EPEL repository first. If you haven’t, follow the steps on how to Enable EPEL Repository on CentOS 9|AlmaLinux 9|RHEL 9.
After enabling the EPEL repo, Install RPM Fusion Free with the following command.
sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpmFor RPM Fusion Non-Free, use the following command.
sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpmInstall Code-Ready Builder for Linux.
## CentOS, AlmaLinux ##
sudo dnf config-manager --enable crb
## RHEL##
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-$(uname -m)-rpms"Check if RPM Fusion is active using the following command.
$ sudo dnf repolist rpmfusion-*
repo id repo name status
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - U enabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - U disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-source RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - U disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - T disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - T disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - T disabledTo check for only the enabled repositories, use the following command
$ sudo dnf repolist enabled
repo id repo name
appstream CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream
baseos CentOS Stream 9 - BaseOS
crb CentOS Stream 9 - CRB
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64
epel-next Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - Next - x86_64
extras-common CentOS Stream 9 - Extras packages
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for EL 9 - Free - UpdatesTo list all the packages available from the RPM Fusion repo, use the following command.
sudo dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-* list available | moreTo search for a package from the RPM Fusion repo.
$ sudo dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-* list nginx
Available Packages
nginx.x86_64 1:1.20.1-10.el9 appstreamTo install a package from the RPM Fusion repo.
$ sudo dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-* install nginx
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch 1/3
Installing : nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch 1/3
Installing : centos-logos-httpd-90.4-1.el9.noarch 2/3
Installing : nginx-1:1.20.1-10.el9.x86_64 3/3
Running scriptlet: nginx-1:1.20.1-10.el9.x86_64 3/3
Verifying : centos-logos-httpd-90.4-1.el9.noarch 1/3
Verifying : nginx-1:1.20.1-10.el9.x86_64 2/3
Verifying : nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch 3/3
Installed:
centos-logos-httpd-90.4-1.el9.noarch nginx-1:1.20.1-10.el9.x86_64
nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarchTo check if a package is installed from the RPMFusion repo
$ sudo dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-* info nginx
Name : nginx
Epoch : 1
Version : 1.20.1
Release : 10.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.7 M
Source : nginx-1.20.1-10.el9.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : appstream
Summary : A high performance web server and reverse proxy server
URL : https://nginx.org
License : BSD
Description : Nginx is a web server and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP,
: POP3 and IMAP protocols, with a strong focus on high concurrency,
: performance and low memory usage.To enable App stream data provided by the RPM Fusion software repositories, use the following command.
$ sudo dnf group update core
Upgraded:
NetworkManager-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-adsl-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-bluetooth-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-libnm-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-team-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-tui-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-wifi-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
NetworkManager-wwan-1:1.39.6-1.el9.x86_64
grubby-8.40-56.el9.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.14.0-109.el9.x86_64
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-109.el9.x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.24-3.el9.x86_64
less-590-1.el9.x86_64
libselinux-3.4-2.el9.x86_64
libselinux-utils-3.4-2.el9.x86_64
parted-3.5-1.el9.x86_64
python3-libselinux-3.4-2.el9.x86_64
selinux-policy-34.1.34-1.el9.noarch
selinux-policy-targeted-34.1.34-1.el9.noarch
Complete!Enabling RPM Fusion using GUI
RPM Fusion can also be enabled via Graphical Applications instead of Command-Line utilities. To do this visit the RPM Fusion Configuration page to download the RPM Fusion free for the Fedora version.
Open with the software Install Application.
Open the file using the Software Install Application and click on Install.
Uninstall RPM Fusion on CentOS 9|AlmaLinux 9|RHEL 9
To uninstall all RPM Fusion use the following command.
$ rpm -qa 'rpmfusion*'To remove the free RPM Fusion.
sudo dnf remove rpmfusion-free-release -yTo remove the non-free RPM Fusion.
sudo dnf remove rpmfusion-nonfree-release -yConclusion
From this guide, we have enabled RPM Fusion Repo on CentOS 9|AlmaLinux 9|RHEL 9. We have also seen how to enable RPM Fusion using GUI. RPM Fusion offers loads of software that are not available from the official RHEL repo.
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