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Asked: 2014-08-27 04:18:21 +0800 CST

How to remove Nginx and compile new Nginx from source

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I've installed Nginx using apt-get install nginx but now I need to add SPDY and PageSpeed extensions. This is why I need to remove the current Nginx installation and install the new one from source.

How should I proceed? Do I have to uninstall the current Nginx and then compile the new one to avoid complications between those two?

How do I register the custom Nginx as a service so I can use service nginx start and make it start on boot?

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3 Answers

  1. To create the service nginx start

    1. Create a nginx entry in /etc/init.d/ touch /etc/init.d/nginx
    2. Place your nginx service configuration in /etc/init.d/nginx Example configuration https://gist.github.com/j0hnb/37416fe362e20c82c295
    3. Enable execute rights sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx

    That should allow you to run Service nginx start Other service options

    start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload|configtest

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  2. You should remove the existing nginx
    Try the following commands
    (assuming that you are root)

    apt-get autoremove nginx*
apt-get purge nginx*

    And that should do the trick.
    For compiling from the source, just grab the source from
    http://nginx.org/en/download.html
    For services, I would recommend on using 

    nginx
    instead of 
    service nginx start
    and 
    nginx -s stop
    for 
    service nginx stop
    . It is more convenient compared to the "traditional" mode.

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  3. I think you should find this article quite useful.

    For further references, you can just run apt-get remove <package> or aptitude remove <package> to uninstall any package but it won't hurt to look for leftovers on the usual places - namely /etc/ - given that you edit those files and apt/aptitude may be reluctant to remove -- unless you specify the proper flags.

    Remember, Google is your friend.

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