Useful programs - core
Linux core programs == applications you should install in all cases.
Contents
Archive managers
To handle compress files and folders
apt-get install flex libarchive-zip-perl libio-compress-perl m4 perl perl-modules unzip zip
apt-get install zoo bzip2 arj nomarch lzop cabextract
apt-get install lzip ncompress rzip sharutils unace unalz unrar p7zip-rar
Linux compilation tools
apt-get install make autoconf automake cpp gcc
apt-get install subversion build-essential
Core libraries extensions
apt-get install libnet-ldap-perl libauthen-sasl-perl daemon libio-string-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl
apt-get install libnet-ident-perl libnet-dns-perl
Advanced APT manager
apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
Processes
apt-get install htop
Python
Python is a scripting language often used in open-source software’s.
apt-get install python3 python3-doc
Startup manager
apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
Then launch:
sysv-rc-conf
Java
See JDK_setup#Linux_installation
Time syncronization
apt-get install ntp ntpdate
To synchronize the date you can run:
sudo ntpdate-debian
Sometimes the defaut NTP process does not work "out-of-the-box". Just kill it and restart the debian process. :)
Help pages
apt-get install manpages
NFS client
apt-get install nfs-common