How to configure a new repo in Linux (Fedora/Centos/RHEL8) to install the packages?

Steps to configure a new repo in Fedora/Centos/RHEL 8 to install the packages

Configure a new repo in Fedora / Centos / RHEL 8

Step1: Create a file '*.repo' in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory for the required repo url's based on below format.

/etc/yum.repos.d/<repo_file_name>.repo

Sample new repo file content,

[repo_file_name]
name=<name>
baseurl=<repo-url>
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Step2: Once created the repo file in directory '/etc/yum.repos.d/', configure the created repo using below command.

$ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo /etc/yum.repos.d/<repo_file_name>.repo

Output:

Adding repo from: file:///etc/yum.repos.d/rdopkg.repo

Step3: Once repo is configured, you can install the packages under repo url using below command in fedora / centos /rhel 8.

$ dnf install <package_name>

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