How To Install nginx on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx
on Kali Linux.
What is nginx
nginx 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 is a dependency package to install either nginx-core (by default), nginx-full, nginx-light or nginx-extras.
There are three methods to install nginx
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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install nginx
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install nginx Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install nginx
using apt
by running the following command:
Install nginx 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.
After updating apt database, We can install nginx
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall nginx on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nginx
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall nginx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nginx
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove nginx Configurations and Data
To remove nginx
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove nginx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nginx
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
nginx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.