Most Common Packages

Below is the list of most common packages that are usually required by a Linux/Ubuntu server and is best to install it right away.

Use aptitude command line option

aptitude -y install <package_name>
  • apache2-utils
  • backuppc
  • bind9
  • cadaver
  • curl
  • dovecot-mysql
  • dovecot-postfix
  • htop
  • iftop
  • imagemagick
  • imagemagick-doc
  • iotop
  • libapache2-svn
  • logtail
  • gcc
  • git
  • make
  • mcrypt
  • nagios-plugins-extra
  • nagios-snmp-plugins
  • nagios3
  • nagios3-doc
  • nmap
  • php-pear
  • php5-curl
  • php5-gd
  • php5-gmp
  • php5-imagick
  • php5-imap
  • php5-ldap
  • php5-mcrypt
  • php5-sqlite
  • postfix-mysql
  • screen
  • sharutils
  • smartmontools
  • sshfs
  • sqlite
  • sysvbanner
  • sysv-rc
  • sysv-rc-conf
  • telnet
  • telnetd
  • unzip
  • zip
  • libgs9
  • libgs9-common
  • traceroute
  • wget
  • build-essential
  • zlib1g-dev
  • libyaml-dev
  • libssl-dev
  • libgdbm-dev
  • libreadline-dev
  • libncurses5-dev
  • libffi-dev curl
  • redis-server
  • checkinstall
  • libxml2-dev
  • libxslt-dev
  • libcurl4-openssl-dev
  • libicu-dev
  • logrotate

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