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Debian 8 - Install Nginx

Nginx webserver

Debian 9 - Install Nginx

Local Packages

You can just install nginx from the defualt sources like so:

sudo apt-get install nginx-full
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This will result in nginx version 1.6.2.

Install Later Version From Dotdeb

If you need a later version of Nginx, you can run this script to install from the Dotdeb sources.

# Add the sources
sudo echo "
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all
deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ jessie nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

# Add the keys to our system so we trust packages from the sources we added
cd /tmp
wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg

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

# finally install nginx
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx-full -y
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You will now have nginx version 1.12.2

Last updated: 5th June 2024
First published: 29th August 2018

This blog is created by Stuart Page

I'm a freelance web developer and technology consultant based in Surrey, UK, with over 10 years experience in web development, DevOps, Linux Administration, and IT solutions.

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