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layout: documentation
title: Installing Bazel on Fedora and CentOS
category: getting-started
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# Installing Bazel on Fedora and CentOS

This page describes how to install Bazel on Fedora and CentOS.

The Bazel team does not provide official packages for Fedora and CentOS.
Vincent Batts ([@vbatts](https://github.com/vbatts)) generously maintains
unofficial packages on
[Fedora COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vbatts/bazel/).

The commands below must be run either via `sudo` or while logged in as `root`.

Add `--allowerasing` when installing an upgrade from a previous major
version of the Bazel package.

[The Bazelisk installer](install-bazelisk.md) is an alternative to package installation.

## Installing on Fedora 25+

1. The [DNF](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF) package manager can install
    Bazel from the [COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/) repository. Install
    the `copr` plugin for DNF if you have not already done so.

    ```bash
    dnf install dnf-plugins-core
    ```

2. Run the following commands to add the Bazel repository and install the
    package:

    ```bash
    dnf copr enable vbatts/bazel
    dnf install bazel4
    ```

## Installing on CentOS 7

1. Download the corresponding `.repo` file from
    [Fedora COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vbatts/bazel/repo/epel-7/vbatts-bazel-epel-7.repo)
    and copy it to `/etc/yum.repos.d/`.

2. Run the following command:

    ```bash
    yum install bazel4
    ```