Most Common Packages (v2)

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>

• mailutils
• apache2-utils
• logtail
• gcc
• git
• make
• nagios-plugins-extra
• nagios-snmp-plugins
• nmap
• screen (usually already installed)
• unzip
• zip
• traceroute
• wget (usually already installed)