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Asked: 2011-10-01 02:50:49 +0800 CST

How to install nginx and install the configuration files too

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I've just completely uninstalled nginx 1.0.6 from my server (Ubuntu 11.04) using 

apt-get remove nginx 
rm -rf /etc/nginx/
rm -rf /usr/sbin/nginx
rm /usr/share/man/man1/nginx.1.gz
apt-get remove nginx*

Now I want to install it again, however when starting nginx, I get errors such as:

Restarting nginx: nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" failed (2: No such file or directory)

Then I placed my own conf file, then I get a new error:

Restarting nginx: nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/nginx/mime.types" failed (2: No such file or directory) in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:12

Now it seems that apt-get install nginx doesn't install it completely, I cleared the apt-get cache, doesn't seem to help. How can I get a full installation of nginx using apt-get?

ubuntu apt nginx

5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Run apt-get remove --purge nginx nginx-full nginx-common first, and then apt-get install nginx and see if it works.

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  2. first

    sudo apt-get -o DPkg::options::=--force-confmiss --reinstall install nginx-common

    then test

    sudo nginx -t
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  3. sudo apt-get --purge autoremove nginx

    If you are not prompted to prove successful uninstall

     which nginx
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  4. I had the same problem, and solved it by copying the configuration files from /opt/ into /etc/:

    cp /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/
cp /opt/nginx/conf/mime.types /etc/nginx/
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  5. You first of all want to make sure that the older nginx is uninstalled completely together with its conf files. 

     sudo service nginx stop
 sudo apt-get --purge autoremove nginx     
 sudo rm -rf /etc/nginx
 sudo rm /usr/sbin/nginx

    Then install nginx. The nginx-extras comes in handy when you want to check your conf files for errors 

     sudo apt-get install nginx nginx-extras

    Then check whether your conf files are okay with the command; 

     sudo nginx -t
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