Question
cannot install iptables on centos
- Posted on June 17, 2019
- FirewallCentOS
Asked by BloodyPikachu
[root@grants-vps ~]# sudo yum install iptables-services -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
- base: mirror.trouble-free.net
- extras: mirror.trouble-free.net
- updates: mirror.trouble-free.net No package iptables-services available. Error: Nothing to do
this is the error message, almost everything i try to install gives me this error.
Can someone please tell me why?
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Hello!
Have you tried to install EPEL repository? You can do that using the following commands:
yum -y update yum -y install epel-release yum repolist
then run as root:
yum install iptables-services -y