How To Install nginx on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx on Ubuntu 22.04. nginx is small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx on Ubuntu 22.04.

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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nginx

Install nginx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nginx

Install nginx 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nginx

How To Uninstall nginx on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nginx

Uninstall nginx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nginx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx

Remove nginx Configurations and Data

To remove nginx configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nginx

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:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nginx

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.