Linux setup steps/Install extra useful software
From Nick Jenkins
Installing extra useful software:
aptitude install nmap # This will install the Exim V4 mail server - when prompted, select the "internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP" configuration option : aptitude install logcheck aptitude install diffstat aptitude install zip unzip aptitude install subversion subversion-tools patch # A java compiler: aptitude install gcj make autoconf automake1.9 # Tidying web pages. aptitude install tidy # package info: aptitude install grep-dctrl # for debugging apache crashes: aptitude install gdb # useful utility aptitude install curl # For building PHP modules: aptitude install php5-dev # For converting HTML to text in a console-only environment aptitude install html2text # To be able to compile PHP from snaps.php.net aptitude install flex libxml2-dev # To get the "ip" command aptitude install iproute # Get the "dig" command: aptitude install dnsutils # Get the "cruft" command: aptitude install cruft # Get the "sloccount" command: aptitude install sloccount # Get the p7zip command: aptitude install p7zip # Other useful packages: aptitude install bzip2 deborphan p7zip-full fakeroot indent fdutils xsltproc
