CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook

Updating the installation and enhancing the minimal install with additional administration and development tools

In this recipe we will learn how to enhance the minimal install with additional tools that will give you a variety of administrative and development options that will prove vital during the lifetime of your server.

The minimal install is probably the most efficient way you can install a server, but having said that, a minimal install does require some additional features in order to make it a more compelling model. We are all aware that a server will require a variety of administration and development tools and with this in mind, this recipe will show you how to install the extra packages that will not only prove useful throughout the ...