These are the steps we follow to setup new CentOS/CloudLinux/Fedora/RHEL server.

Update Installed Software

yum update

Install Basic Software

yum install -y nmap lynx wget curl telnet screen jwhois unzip bzip2

Install Build Tools

These are needed for installing/compiling software’s from source.

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++

Install Apache/PHP

yum install httpd php php-mysql php-gd

Install MySQL

For installing MySQL, see post

http://blog.hostonnet.com/mysql