Useful programs - core

Linux core programs == applications you should install in all cases.

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 default 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