Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

[Martin Marcher <martin@marcher.name>]

SpamHog wrote:
> Does anybody keep such a "pure Debian CLI tools"
> metapackage or package list or CDD
> with such a selction of apps?

I guess it really depends on your environment, we have this on every host:

# more or less standard packages
# this is the tasksel "standard" selection
~pstandard
~prequired
~pimportant

# just in case :)
less
bzip2

# scripting usage
python
vim

# my boss likes it I don't
mc

# monitoring - very nice
zabbix-agent

# killall is nice
psmisc

# networking
screen
ethtool
iproute

# we run on xfs
xfsprogs
xfsdump

# misc stuff
acl
curl
subversion

# SSH Stuff
openssh-client
openssh-server


i'm also open to suggestions - puppet is next on the list to be added as it
can manage all those things centrally

hth
martin


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