In order to have a CentOS 7 with the latest software versions, we are using the following repositories:
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL).
This repository provides us the packages that are not available in the CentOS 7 repositories, as tesseract, wkhtmltopdf, zbar, ...
More info at:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
ElRepo Project
Welcome to ELRepo, an RPM repository for Enterprise Linux packages. ELRepo supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its derivatives (Scientific Linux, CentOS & others).
The ELRepo Project focuses on hardware related packages to enhance your experience with Enterprise Linux. This includes filesystem drivers, graphics drivers, network drivers, sound drivers, webcam and video drivers.
This repository provides us the latest kernel release
More info at:
http://elrepo.org/
Remi's RPM repository
Providing the latest versions of the PHP stack, full featured, and some other software, to the Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle, Scientific Linux, ...) users. It mainly contains :
One of the most popular database servers. Made by the original developers of MySQL. Guaranteed to stay open source.
This repository provides us the latest MariaDB release
More info at:
https://mariadb.org/
Nux Dextop
A desktop and multimedia oriented RPM repository for EL. It contains a lot of graphical programs such as Ardour, but also text based apps line Cone.
This repository provides us the packages that are not available in the previous repositories, as lame
More info at:
https://li.nux.ro/repos.html
LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most powerful Free and Open Source office suite on the market.