It did not work over-here, strangething is: epel-release comes from the (armhfp) epel repository…
So if you don have a yum configuration for it, it does not find the package: this feels like a Catch22…
# yum install epel-release
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
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Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
epel-release noarch 7-12 epel 14 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 14 k
Installed size: 24 k
Is this ok [y/d/N]: n
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# mv /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.ns
root@armhfp:~
# yum install epel-release
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.infonline.de
* centos-kernel: mirror.infonline.de
* extras: mirror.infonline.de
* updates: mirror.infonline.de
No package epel-release available.
Error: Nothing to do
hmmm ???