Install Extra Linux Server Tools

This is a handy guide if you want to further expand the tool kit that comes with your basic linux CentOS installation.

First thing to do is to check your repo list CentOS7 by using the command yum repolist. It will display which repo is running.( To view on Ubuntu just ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d )

Add a repo use the command yum install repoexample. Where the name repoexample you input your repo. (Ubuntu just use add-apt-repository repoexample) I chose to install epel which contains a bunch of open source repo’s to add to centos.

This is how you would install tmux and just check to make sure it’s installed. Tmux is used to split up your linux screen so you can display multiple different commands or programs at once in the command line.

This is how you would install emacs. Emacs is great if you want to use any sort of programming language inside of Linux.

Install Fail2Ban. You can use Fail2Ban to block malicious ip's trying to get into your system and see who's trying to gain access to your system.

Install cowsay which is a fun little program you can use to make a graphic of a cow say whatever it is you want.

Installing lolcat a little tricky but it displays a cool rainbow effect to your text in the linux command line.

In order to install a new version of vim and get it to work you need to install these necessary tools

Then remove existing vim

Then download the new vim

Change directory to vim

Configure the vim

Now you create the vim

Use vim --version | less to display the version you have