How To Install nginx-extras on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-extras on Debian 9. nginx-extras is nginx web/proxy server (extended version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-extras on Debian 9.

What is nginx-extras

nginx-extras 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 with the standard modules, plus extra features and modules such as the Perl module, which allows the addition of Perl in configuration files.

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, FLV, GeoIP, Gunzip, Gzip, Gzip Precompression, Headers, HTTP/2, Image Filter, Index, Log, MP4, Embedded Perl, Random Index, Real IP, Slice, Secure Link, SSI, SSL, Stream, Stub Status, Substitution, Thread Pool, Upstream, User ID, XSLT.

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

THIRD PARTY MODULES: Auth PAM, Cache Purge, DAV Ext, Echo, Fancy Index, Headers More, Embedded Lua, HTTP Substitutions, Nchan, Upload Progress, Upstream Fair Queue.

There are three methods to install nginx-extras on Debian 9. 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-extras 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-extras using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nginx-extras

Install nginx-extras Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nginx-extras

Install nginx-extras 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nginx-extras

How To Uninstall nginx-extras on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove nginx-extras

Uninstall nginx-extras And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nginx-extras and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx-extras

Remove nginx-extras Configurations and Data

To remove nginx-extras configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nginx-extras

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

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

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

Dependencies

nginx-extras have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-extras package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.