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Ubuntu Minimal Virtual Machine

On minimal virtual machine you will want to add these additional tools which are normally installed in the standard Ubuntu. Go to the Ubuntu Packages website you want more details or to search for additional packages.

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sudo apt-get install dnsutil # Might be useful as it has nslookup.
geoip-database # Determine geo location of ip. Probably installed with dnsutil. 
sudo apt-get install command-not-found # Suggest packages to install when command is not found.

Recommended Tools

Run the following command to install the Bonsai Framework recommended for everyday administration,

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Otherwise you can continue to read about each and install them selectively.

mlocate

mlocate is a nice file search tool. Better than slocate because it respects permissions when searching. Faster and easier to use then find because it uses a database. As of Ubuntu 9.0.4 is part of the installation and a cron is already setup to keep the search index database up to date.

sudo apt-get install mlocate
sudo updatedb # If you want to manually update the database.

ne Editor

ne is an editor similar to DOS Edit. It is menu driven and easy to use for new people. The only thing I wish it had was to be able to select text with the shift and arrow keys like DOS Edit.

sudo apt-get install ne # Nice easy to use editor like DOS edit

htop

Great tool to view system performance and what is happening to various processes. It is an improved version of the built in top command.

sudo apt-get install htop

wget

Tool to grab files over http and https.

sudo apt-get install wget

More

Read the Unix & Linux Tools articles to learn about often used commands and see additional tools used for specialized circumstances.

acl

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RHEL 7 Minimal Virtual Machine

To install the tools listed above, follow the subsequent steps:

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