How To Install nginx-full on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-full on Kali Linux. nginx-full is nginx web/proxy server (standard version with 3rd parties)

Introduction

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

What is nginx-full

nginx-full 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 metapackage provides a version of nginx with the complete set of standard modules included (but omitting some of those included in nginx-extras).

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, Stream, 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, GeoIP2

THIRD PARTY MODULES: Auth PAM, DAV Ext, Echo, GeoIP2, HTTP Substitutions Upstream Fair Queue.

There are three methods to install nginx-full 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-full 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-full using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nginx-full

Install nginx-full Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nginx-full

Install nginx-full 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-full using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nginx-full

How To Uninstall nginx-full on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nginx-full

Uninstall nginx-full And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx-full

Remove nginx-full Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nginx-full

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

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

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

Dependencies

nginx-full have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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