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New packages can be installed one at a time or as part of a collection using the task selection tool tasksel or gnome-tasksel. A nice graphical alternative in synaptic. Below is a list of packages I commonly install. Place the following list into a file called install:

acroread alien apt-listchanges apt-utils aspell
aspell-doc aspell-en auctex autoconf automake autotools-dev

balsa bsdmainutils bsdutils bzip2 

catdoc cdrdao cdrecord cdtool communicator cpio cpp cvs 

dc debconf debconf-doc debconf-utils debhelper debianutils deborphan
defoma devhelp-books dialog docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-utils
docbook-xml dpkg-dev

ebook-dev-ggad eeyes eject elvis-tiny emacs21 emacs21-el enscript eog
evolution

fakeroot fdutils file finger fortune-mod fortunes-min fping ftp

g++ g77 galeon galeon-common gaspell gawk gcc gconf-editor gcvs gdm
gedit gettext-el gimp gkdebconf gkrellm gkrellm-gnome gkrellm-volume
gkrellmms glabels glade-gnome gnome-applets gnome-audio
gnome-commander gnome-common gnome-control-center gnome-core
gnome-games gnome-gv gnome-help gnome-help-data gnome-media
gnome-office gnome-panel gnome-pim gnome-session gnome-spell
gnome-terminal gnome-users-guide gnome-utils gnumeric-doc gnumeric-gda
gnumeric-python gnuplot gpaint grep grip groff groff-x11 gs
gs-pdfencrypt gsfonts gsfonts-x11 gthumb gtimer gtk-engines-begtk
gtk-engines-cleanice gtk-engines-cleanice2 gtk-engines-eazel
gtk-engines-flat gtk-engines-gtkstep gtk-engines-icegradient
gtk-engines-mac2 gtk-engines-metal gtk-engines-notif
gtk-engines-pixmap gtk-engines-raleigh gtk-engines-redmond95
gtk-engines-thinice gtk-engines-xenophilia gtkgraph gtkhtml gzip

hdparm hostname html2text hwdata hwtools

ifupdown indent info 

jade jadetex java-common jdk1.1 jdk1.1-dev 

less lprng lynx lyx 

make man-db manpages mime-support mkisofs modconf modutils most
mozilla mpage mpg321 mtools mutt muttprint

nano nautilus-suggested net-tools netbase netpbm nfs-kernel-server
ntp-simple nvi

openoffice.org 

patch pciutils perl perl-doc perl-tk playmidi plotutils powermgmt-base
powershell
prosper psfontmgr psgml psmisc pstoedit psutils python python-apt
python-dev python-doc python-elisp python-gdk-imlib python-glade
python-gnome python-gtk python-mysqldb python-numeric python-optik
python-soappy python-xml

qemacs

r-base r-base-dev r-doc-html r-doc-info r-doc-pdf r-gnome r-mathlib
r-nonlinear r-recommended rdist rep-gtk-gnome rep-xmms reportbug 
rpm rstatd rstat-client rsync

samba sawfish scrollkeeper setserial sgml-data sgmlspl sharutils
sndconfig sox sp splay ssh ssh-askpass ssh-askpass-gnome sudo synaptic
sysutils

tasksel tcl8.3 tetex-bin tetex-doc tetex-extra tetex-src texinfo time
tk8.3 transfig

ucf unzip 

vim 

wajig wget whiptail whois 

x-window-system x-window-system-core xclip xdaliclock xearth xfig
xfishtank xfonts-cyrillic xfonts-pex xfree86-common xfsprogs xfstt
xgalaga xine-ui xletters xloadimage xmeter xmh xmms xmms-alarm
xmms-bumpscope xmms-cdread xmms-crossfade xmms-dev xmms-flac
xmms-fmradio xmms-goodnight xmms-goom xmms-infinity xmms-jess
xmms-lirc xmms-liveice xmms-modplug xmms-msa xmms-osd-plugin
xmms-qbble xmms-shell xmms-sid xmms-singit xmms-status-plugin
xmms-synaesthesia xmms-volnorm xmms-wmdiscotux xmmsarts xmountains
xpdf xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xplanet xplanet-images
xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gnome xsltproc xsnow

Install them with:

  > wajig install -f install


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