NGINX Installation

NGINX Installation procedure:

Open Terminal. Open the Sources file for aptitude using vi. If you are not familiar with vi, open the file in nano or gedit.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

If you are using Debian Squeeze (version 6.x),

deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx

If you are using Ubuntu, select the respective lines from below,
For Ubuntu Lucid (Version 10.04),

deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx

For Ubuntu Oneiric (Version 11.10),

deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ oneiric nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ oneiric nginx

For Ubuntu Precise (Version 12.04),

deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx
 deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx

Add the lines applicable to you in the sources.list file. Now save and close the file.

In order to authenticate the repository and to avoid warnings about missing gpg key during installation of the nginx package, it is advised to add the key used to sign the nginx packages and repository to the apt program keyring.

Run the following commands in the terminal,

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

Once added, update the aptitude with new repository,

sudo apt-get update

Now to install NGINX in Ubuntu or Debian systems, run the following command in terminal,

sudo apt-get install nginx