How to install nginx in Ubuntu

The steps for installing the nginx on Ubuntu below.

1.install the packages first.

apt-get install gcc
apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev
apt-get install openssl openssl-dev

2.download the source code of nginx from the website http://nginx.org/en/download.html

3. uncompress the downloaded nginx file.

tar zxvf nginx-1.8.

4.install nginx.

su root #using root user to install nginx
cd /home/pinxiong/pinxiong/nginx-1.8./ #the directory is the unpressed nginx's dictory.
./configure
make
make install

5.check if nginx configure is right.

root@ubuntu:/usr/local/nginx# ./sbin/nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf test is successful

6.check if nginx had started.

root@ubuntu:/usr/local/nginx# ps -ax | grep nginx
 ?        Ss     : nginx: master process ./sbin/nginx
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 ?        S      : nginx: worker process
 pts/    S+     : grep --color=auto nginx

7.check if nginx can work well.

open your browser and then type the web address localhost/index.html . It's OK if you can see a webpage showing "Welcome to nginx!", or failed otherwise.