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For RHEL 6.8 PPC64:
rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/ppc64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Example:
[root@diskstuff ~]# rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.mk9iVg: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:epel-release ########################################### [100%] [root@diskstuff ~]#

Note: We no need to use wget or some other software to download this package, we can just directly point http link to rpm command, which will install directly from the specified location.

Check if you can install any package which are listed above.

[root@diskstuff ~]# yum install fail2ban
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink | 3.7 kB 00:00
* base: mirror.web24.net.au
* epel: mirror.web24.net.au
* extras: mirror.web24.net.au
* updates: mirror.web24.net.au
epel | 4.4 kB 00:00
epel/primary_db | 5.1 MB 00:03
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package fail2ban.noarch 0:0.8.11-2.el6 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: python-inotify for package: fail2ban-0.8.11-2.el6.noarch
–> Running transaction check
—> Package python-inotify.noarch 0:0.9.1-1.el6 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================​===============================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================​===============================================================
Installing:
fail2ban noarch 0.8.11-2.el6 epel 221 k
Installing for dependencies:
python-inotify noarch 0.9.1-1.el6 epel 50 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================​===============================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 271 k
Installed size: 1.0 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): fail2ban-0.8.11-2.el6.noarch.rpm | 221 kB 00:00
(2/2): python-inotify-0.9.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm | 50 kB 00:00
———————————————————————————————————————————————–
Total 139 kB/s | 271 kB 00:01
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
epel/gpgkey | 3.2 kB 00:00 …
Importing GPG key 0x0608B895 "EPEL (6) <epel@fedoraproject.org>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
Installing : python-inotify-0.9.1-1.el6.noarch 1/2
Installing : fail2ban-0.8.11-2.el6.noarch 2/2

Installed:
fail2ban.noarch 0:0.8.11-2.el6

Dependency Installed:
python-inotify.noarch 0:0.9.1-1.el6

Complete!
[root@diskstuff ~]#

[root@diskstuff ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
[epel] name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 – $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6