sed -i "s/mirrorlist=https/mirrorlist=http/" /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again
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yum Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
replace https to http
EPEL repository on Centos 5.x or 6.x
Centos 5
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
but is better use yum
yum install http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
Centos 6
yum install http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm