Qubes-Community-Content/os-guides/centos/centos.md

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# CentOS Template

If you would like to use a stable, predictable, manageable and reproducible distribution in your AppVMs, you can install the CentOS template, provided by Qubes in ready to use binary package.

For the minimal version, please see [CentOS minimal](/doc/templates/centos-minimal/).

## Installation

Currently available from the testing repository, CentOS-7 can be installed with the following command:

    [user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community-testing qubes-template-centos-7

To switch, reinstall and uninstall a CentOS TemplateVM that is already installed in your system, see  [How to switch, reinstall and uninstall](/doc/templates/#how-to-install-uninstall-reinstall-and-switch).

#### After Installing

After a fresh install, we recommend to [Update the TemplateVM](/doc/software-update-vm/).

## Want to contribute?

*   [How can I contribute to the Qubes Project?](/doc/contributing/)

*   [Guidelines for Documentation Contributors](/doc/doc-guidelines/)