Install NGINX Without Root

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Install NGINX Without Root

Resources

• https://gist.github.com/simonw/92481

install.sh

# create the directory structure for compiling source
mkdir -p ~/.local/src
cd ~/.local/src

# download pcre (could be in repository if root will install for you)
wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pcre/pcre-7.8.tar.gz
tar -xzvf pcre-7.8.tar.gz

# download nginx
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.8.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf nginx-1.8.1.tar.gz

# compile and install it
cd nginx-1.8.1
./configure --prefix=~/.local/opt/nginx --with-pcre=~/.local/src/pcre-7.8
make
make install

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