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build:misc [2007/12/15 14:46] 24.107.99.139 Add git. Create separate section for SCM tools. (CMB) |
build:misc [2011/05/21 10:11] (current) SLUUG Administration Install lsb on CentOS. (CMB) |
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| Here's where we'll document the installation of miscellaneous small software packages. | Here's where we'll document the installation of miscellaneous small software packages. | ||
| - | + | Note that some of these packages may get installed during the installation of the OS, depending on the revision and the options selected. Packages that we've seen get installed include ''mailx'', ''lsof'', ''less'', ''w3m'', ''telnet'', ''bc'', and ''at''. | |
| ===== System ===== | ===== System ===== | ||
| + | The ''lsb_release'' command tells us what Linux distribution we're running, as well as the version. Debian comes with it pre-installed, but we have to manually install it on CentOS: | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | sudo yum install redhat-lsb | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| The ''locate'' program is great for finding files on the system, without ''find'' having to search through a bunch of directories. | The ''locate'' program is great for finding files on the system, without ''find'' having to search through a bunch of directories. | ||
| <code rootshell> | <code rootshell> | ||
| apt-get install slocate | apt-get install slocate | ||
| /etc/cron.daily/slocate & | /etc/cron.daily/slocate & | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | This resolves some issues with Perl complaining about ''LC_ALL''/''LANG''/''LANGUAGE'' when using ''en_US.UTF-8'' encoding. | ||
| + | <code rootshell> | ||
| + | apt-get install locales locales-all | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| <code rootshell> | <code rootshell> | ||
| apt-get install lsof | apt-get install lsof | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | The ''htop'' program is an enhanced version of ''top''. | ||
| + | <code rootshell> | ||
| + | apt-get install htop | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| #apt-get install w3m | #apt-get install w3m | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| ===== Network Tools ===== | ===== Network Tools ===== | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | The ''mtr'' program is an enhanced version of ''traceroute'', with some additional features. We want the "tiny" version, which does not require X11. | ||
| + | <code rootshell> | ||
| + | apt-get install mtr-tiny | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | ZModem isn't used much any more, but it can be used to send files across an existing SSH (or any other pty) connection. The ''lrzsz'' package supports ZModem -- use the ''rz'' command to receive a file. KDE's Konsole provides good ZModem upload support. | ||
| + | <code rootshell> | ||
| + | apt-get install lrzsz | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| ===== Development Tools ===== | ===== Development Tools ===== | ||
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| <code rootshell> | <code rootshell> | ||
| apt-get install perl-doc | apt-get install perl-doc | ||
| + | apt-get install libcompress-zlib-perl # Compress::Zlib | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| ===== Shells ===== | ===== Shells ===== | ||
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| apt-get install csh | apt-get install csh | ||
| ln -s /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/ksh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin | ln -s /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/ksh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin | ||
| - | ln -s /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/ksh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /usr/bin | + | ln -s /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/sh /usr/bin |
| ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin | ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin | ||
| ln -s /usr/bin/perl /bin | ln -s /usr/bin/perl /bin | ||
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| ===== Security ===== | ===== Security ===== | ||
| GNU Privacy Guard is a clone of PGP. The command-line utility is called ''gpg''. It's now installed by default. | GNU Privacy Guard is a clone of PGP. The command-line utility is called ''gpg''. It's now installed by default. | ||
| - | <code rootshell> | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| ===== Documentation ===== | ===== Documentation ===== | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Mike Knight requested ''bc'' for doing simple math. | + | ''bc'' for doing simple math. |
| <code rootshell> | <code rootshell> | ||
| apt-get install bc | apt-get install bc | ||
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| We would need to NFS mount the mail directories or use fetchmail to get the IMAP from bud to budlight. | We would need to NFS mount the mail directories or use fetchmail to get the IMAP from bud to budlight. | ||
| + | ===== General Customization ===== | ||
| + | ==== motd ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | On Debian, you can't edit ''/etc/motd'' directly and expect it to stay | ||
| + | because ''/etc/motd'' is just a symbolic link to ''/var/run/motd'' and the | ||
| + | symbolic link is likely to be recreated by future patches from Debian. | ||
| + | ''/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh'' rebuilds ''/var/run/motd'' on every reboot, using | ||
| + | /etc/motd.tail. So to make a permanent change on Debian systems, | ||
| + | edit ''/etc/motd.tail'', instead of ''/etc/motd'', to put in the information we want. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | mv /etc/motd.tail /etc/motd.tail.orig | ||
| + | cat > /etc/motd.tail << EOD | ||
| + | ******************************************************************************* | ||
| + | * St. Louis UNIX Users Group XXXXXXXX server running Debian Etch * | ||
| + | * For use by our paying members. Rules of conduct must be followed. * | ||
| + | * * | ||
| + | * For system information, see: * | ||
| + | * http://www.sluug.org/members/accounts/ * | ||
| + | * * | ||
| + | ******************************************************************************* | ||
| + | EOD | ||
| + | chmod a+r /etc/motd | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Edit the new ''/etc/motd.tail'' to fill in the server name and change anything needed to match this system. | ||
| + | |||
| + | To make the change to ''/var/run/motd'' without a reboot, do the same thing that | ||
| + | ''/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh'' does: | ||
| + | |||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd | ||
| + | cat /etc/motd.tail >> /var/run/motd | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | ==== issue ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | The ''/etc/issue*'' files are customized in the [[ssh#configuration|ssh configuration]] procedure. | ||
| ===== Credits ===== | ===== Credits ===== | ||
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