How To Install nginx on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx on Ubuntu.
What is nginx
nginx is:
Nginx (“engine X”) is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server created by Igor Sysoev. It can be used both as a standalone web server and as a proxy to reduce the load on back-end HTTP or mail servers.
This is a dependency package to install either nginx-core (by default), nginx-full, nginx-light or nginx-extras.
There are three methods to install nginx on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nginx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nginx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nginx
Install nginx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nginx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nginx
Install nginx Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nginx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nginx
How To Uninstall nginx on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nginx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nginx
Uninstall nginx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nginx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx
Remove nginx Configurations and Data
To remove nginx configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nginx
Remove nginx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nginx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nginx
Dependencies
nginx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.