Nginx ---- Installing Prebuilt Ubuntu Packages

 

NGINX provides packages for the following Ubuntu operating systems:

Version	Codename	Supported Platforms
12.04	precise	x86_64, i386
14.04	trusty	x86_64, i386, aarch64/arm64
16.04	xenial	x86_64, i386, ppc64el, aarch64/arm64
16.10	yakkety	x86_64, i386

The package can be installed from:

• A default Ubuntu repository. This is the quickest way, but generally the provided package is outdated. For example, Ubuntu 14.04 by default includes nginx 1.4.6, released in March 2014.
• The official repo at nginx.org. You have to set up the apt-get repository the first time, but after that the provided package is always up to date.

Installing a Prebuilt Ubuntu Package from an Ubuntu Repository

1. Update the Ubuntu repository information:

   $ sudo apt-get update

2. Install the package:

   $ sudo apt-get install nginx

3. Verify the installation:

   $ sudo nginx -v
   nginx version: nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu)

Installing a Prebuilt Ubuntu Package from the Official NGINX Repository

1. Download the key used to sign NGINX packages and the repository, and add it to the apt program’s key ring:

   $ sudo wget http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
   $ sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key

2. Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file, for example with vi:

   $ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

3. Add these lines sources.list to name the repositories from which the NGINX OSS source can be obtained:

   deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ <CODENAME> nginx
   deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ <CODENAME> nginx

   where:

   • The /mainline element in the pathname points to the latest mainline version of NGINX OSS; delete it to get the latest stable version
   • <CODENAME> is the codename of an Ubuntu release

   For example, to get the latest mainline package for Ubuntu 14.04 (「trusty」), add:

   deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
   deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ trusty nginx

4. Save the changes and quit vi (press ESC and type wq at the : prompt).

5. Install NGINX OSS:

   $ sudo apt-get remove nginx-common
   $ sudo apt-get update
   $ sudo apt-get install nginx

6. Start NGINX OSS:

   $ sudo nginx

7. Verify that NGINX OSS is up and running:

   $ curl -I 127.0.0.1
   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Server: nginx/1.13.8