How To Install nginx-core on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-core on Kali Linux. nginx-core is nginx web/proxy server (standard version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-core on Kali Linux.

What is nginx-core

nginx-core 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 package provides a version of nginx identical to that of nginx-full, but without any third-party modules, and only modules in the original nginx code base.

STANDARD HTTP MODULES: Core, Access, Auth Basic, Auto Index, Browser, Empty GIF, FastCGI, Geo, Limit Connections, Limit Requests, Map, Memcached, Proxy, Referer, Rewrite, SCGI, Split Clients, UWSGI.

OPTIONAL HTTP MODULES: Addition, Auth Request, Charset, WebDAV, GeoIP, Gunzip, Gzip, Gzip Precompression, Headers, HTTP/2, Image Filter, Index, Log, Real IP, Slice, SSI, SSL, SSL Preread, Stub Status, Substitution, Thread Pool, Upstream, User ID, XSLT.

OPTIONAL MAIL MODULES: Mail Core, Auth HTTP, Proxy, SSL, IMAP, POP3, SMTP.

OPTIONAL STREAM MODULES: Stream Core, GeoIP

There are three methods to install nginx-core on Kali Linux. 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-core 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-core using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nginx-core

Install nginx-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nginx-core using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nginx-core

Install nginx-core Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nginx-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nginx-core

How To Uninstall nginx-core on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nginx-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nginx-core

Uninstall nginx-core And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nginx-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx-core

Remove nginx-core Configurations and Data

To remove nginx-core configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nginx-core

Remove nginx-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nginx-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nginx-core

Dependencies

nginx-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-core package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.