Installing the latest stable version of Jenkins

If you prefer to install a stable version of Jenkins, then follow these steps:

1. Add the Jenkins repository to the yum repository using the following command:

        sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo \
         http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat-stable/jenkins.repo 
        sudo rpm --import https://jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key 

1. Install Jenkins using the following command:

        sudo yum install jenkins

1. See the Starting, stopping, and restarting Jenkins on Red Hat Linux section if you are required to start Jenkins.