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Compile Nginx from Source with Brotli Support
This little script compiles Nginx from source with Brotli support. In particular, it uses https://github.com/eustas/ngx_brotli/ to compile Nginx.
Supported Platforms
- Debian 9
- Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04
- Linux Mint 19 Tara
Tested Nginx versions
- Stable versions: 1.16
- Mainline versions: 1.17
What does it do?
It compiles Nginx from source and creates two .deb files...
- nginx_version~os_arch.deb
- nginx-dbg_version~os_arch.deb
Both files depend on each other. So, one can not work, if other is not installled.
How to install?
Run the script as root and the script tries to install the .deb files automatically, replacing the existing Nginx installation.
Or you can install manually using sudo dpkg -i nginx*.deb, once you have the .deb files at the end of the execution of the script.
How to compile?
Download the script (and gcc patch file, if needed), go through what it does (note: never trust any script on the internet) and execute it as a user with sudo privilege. It may take a while to compile depending on the memory and CPU in your server.
Contributors and Sources
- Rafał Michalski - provided patch for gcc-8 and brought a number of best practices to this script.
- Eugene Kliuchnikov - this script is based on his work at https://github.com/eustas/ngx_brotli.