```ruby
#
# Cookbook Name:: debian_basic
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright 2010, fredz
#
# All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
#

packages = [
  'lsof',
  'iptables',
  'jwhois',
  'whois',
  'curl',
  'wget',
  'rsync',
  'jnettop',
  'nmap',
  'traceroute',
  'ethtool',
  'iproute',
  'iputils-ping',
  'netcat-openbsd',
  'tcpdump',
  'bind9-host',
  "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
]

case node[:platform]
  when "debian", "ubuntu"
    packages.each do |pkg|
      package pkg do
        action :install
    end
  end
end
```

Exclude packages we don't need that may not be available in 11.04 without apt sources tweaks
user
```ruby
#
# Cookbook Name:: debian_basic
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright 2010, fredz
#
# All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
#

packages = [
  'lsof',
  'iptables',
  'whois',
  'curl',
  'wget',
  'rsync',
  'nmap',
  'traceroute',
  'ethtool',
  'iproute',
  'iputils-ping',
  'tcpdump',
  "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
]

case node[:platform]
  when "debian", "ubuntu"
    packages.each do |pkg|
      package pkg do
        action :install
    end
  end
end
```
assistant