With your control panel options out there for dedicated web hosting, there are a lot of places and people tossing things together these days in bundles.

If you need an example, just look at cPanel and Fantastico. Many servers these days are packaged with control panels that help in their own right with bringing together a lot of scripts and services to one spot. They help you manage your server, automate tasks and make working with the server itself a lot easier. When it comes to installing your own software or scripts on a dedicated account you will need to make sure it meets up with the requirements of the machine and everything you need to have installed (such as additional features and support) has been done or can be done before you get started.

Have a look around your own dedicated hosting control panel and see what perks you get. If you fish around in there, looking here and looking there (like any good game of hide and seek) you might really be surprised to see what you have at your fingertips.