yum install epel-release
```
+If you are using RHEL 6 or 7 you need to additionally enable the `optional` repository before installing
+the [EPEL rpm package](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F).
+
RHEL 7:
```
+subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
```
RHEL 6:
```
-yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
-```
-
-If you are using RHEL 6 or 7 you need to additionally enable the `optional` repository before installing
-the [EPEL rpm package](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F).
-
-```
-subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
-# or
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
+yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
```
#### SLES/OpenSUSE Repositories <a id="package-repositories-sles-opensuse"></a>