How To Install nginx-extras on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-extras on Ubuntu 18.04.
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, SSL Preread, 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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-extras package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
