basic server utils

On CentOS/RHEL

yum update
yum upgrade -y
yum -y remove mlocate
yum install -y nmap lynx wget curl telnet jwhois
yum install -y atop iotop
yum install -y strace
yum install -y git
yum install -y sysstat
yum install -y vim
yum install -y tmux
yum install -y ncurses-devel automake autoconf gcc gmake patch make
yum install -y libcpp libgcc libstdc++ gcc4 gcc4-c++ gcc4-gfortran
yum install -y dos2unix libtool gcc-c++ gcc-c++ compat-gcc-32 compat-gcc-32-c++

For non cpanel server, install epel

See Server Setup