# How to install extra packages to CentOS/Redhat

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**Created:** [August 20, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/how-to-install-extra-packages-to-centos-redhat/387 "2016-08-20T10:46:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/how-to-install-extra-packages-to-centos-redhat/387/1 "2016-08-20T10:46:11Z")

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New CentOS users will be surprised that so many popular packages doesn’t exists in default **yum** repositories.

For example, **htop** package not included in standard archive, it is also hard to find suitable `rpm` for your release.

In order to find lots of extra packages, you need to enable **epel** repository first.

The term **EPEL** comes from Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux. It can be enabled like that:

```auto
$ sudo yum -y install epel-release

```

After that, you can install lots of extra packages with yum, like **htop**.