On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 04:33:00PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > While installing and you check no boxes to add packages or desktop you get > Debian Base install, command line, apt, dpkg and internet.
Correct. > Package > 'net-tools' is installed so you have ifconfig if needed. This is the same > for all current Debian releases. Incorrect. net-tools is deprecated, and not installed by default in stretch. iproute2 is installed by default. Of course, if you simply configure your network by editing /etc/network/interfaces and running ifdown/ifup commands (or rebooting), then you wouldn't know or care which network tool package is installed.
