Overview
This is a quick article to show you how I compiled a basic version of Nginx 0.8.33 on Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard. The “2 minute” compilation that I mention in the title of this article is when using the script that I provide below. For the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) crowd, I’m breaking down the steps. Variations in your Mac’s specs, and your copy and paste skills may increase the total time to over 2 minutes.

Prerequisites
First, if you do not already have it installed, download Xcode from Apple’s website, and run the installer from the .dmg file. For the record, the file I installed was called xcode321_10m2003_developerdvd.dmg, yours may be slightly different.

Install PCRE
Nginx requires PCRE – Perl Compatible Regular Expressions to build, I used PCRE version 8.01. In a Terminal, run:
sudo curl -OL h ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-8.01.tar.gz > /usr/local/src/pcre-8.01.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src
tar xvzf pcre-8.01.tar.gz
cd pcre-8.01
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Install Nginx
(You should still be in /usr/local/src, if you followed along from above.)
tar xvzf nginx-0.8.33.tar.gz
cd nginx-0.8.33
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-http_ssl_module
make
sudo make install

Start Nginx
Assuming that you have /usr/local in your $PATH (which nginx should say:/usr/local/sbin/nginx), you can simply run:
sudo nginx
Note: to add /usr/local to your $PATH variable, edit or create ~/.profile to include it. For reference, mine currently looks like this:
PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/opt/X11/bin" – I emphasized in bold type what you need to add to your PATH.

The 2 Minute way, using my script
All of the above instructions, in a nice little script. Save it to your Mac as build-nginx.sh, and run:
chmod a+x build-nginx.sh
sudo ./build-nginx.sh

Conclusion
It’s a pretty quick process to get Nginx installed nicely on your Mac, especially if you use my script. This provides a very basic install, but it should get you moving in the right directions. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, I would love to hear your feedback, so leave a comment below.

Nginx on Mac OS X Snow Leopard in 2 Minutes is an article from: Kevin Worthington

Although I haven’t built Nginx for Windows and Lighttpd for Windows in a while, I need your help. I’m trying to determine if there is enough interest for me to create my Cygwin based builds again. So even if you have never left a comment here before, please do today. Please let me know:

• if you are interested in: Nginx and/or Lighttpd for Windows
• which version of Windows you will be running on: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 7
• if your Windows version is 32-bit or 64-bit

This is very important! Please leave a comment below right now. Thanks as always for reading!

Your Comments Needed: Nginx for Windows and Lighttpd for Windows is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

So if you have not already noticed, read, or heard, there are now native Nginx for Windows builds. You can grab them from http://nginx.net. As of this writing, the latest version is 0.7.59.

Thanks for downloading my non-native Cygwin builds. Stay tuned for future projects. I have a few ideas in the pipeline, I’ll be sure to mention them as they become available.

Nginx for Windows Native Builds (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: This site is ad-supported – please support it by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.7.50 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt in the install package, and the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

Please note that due to quick upstream bugfix releases, there were not Nginx for Windows releases 0.7.48 or 07.49. The previous version in this branch was 0.7.47, and an upgrade to 0.7.50 is recommended.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

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Download Nginx for Windows 0.7.50 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.7.50 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: This site is ad-supported – please support it by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.6.36 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt in the install package, and the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

SSL support is now included. Please report any bugs.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

To get immediate notifications for new Nginx for Windows releases and for more technology related news, Subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter.

Download Nginx for Windows 0.6.36 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.6.36 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: This site is ad-supported – please support it by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.7.47 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt in the install package, and the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

Please note that due to quick upstream bugfix releases, there were not Nginx for Windows releases 0.7.45 or 07.46. The previous version was 0.7.44, and an upgrade to 0.7.47 is recommended.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

To get immediate notifications for new Nginx for Windows releases and for more technology related news, Subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter.

Download Nginx for Windows 0.7.47 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.7.47 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: This site is ad-supported – please support it by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.7.44 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt in the install package, and the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

To get immediate notifications for new Nginx for Windows releases and for more technology related news, Subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter.

Download Nginx for Windows 0.7.44 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.7.44 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: This site is ad-supported – please support it by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.7.43 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt in the install package, and the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

To get immediate notifications for new Nginx for Windows releases and for more technology related news, Subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter.

Download Nginx for Windows 0.7.43 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.7.43 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: This site is ad-supported – please support it by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.7.42 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt in the install package, and the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

To get immediate notifications for new Nginx for Windows releases and for more technology related news, Subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter.

Download Nginx for Windows 0.7.42 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.7.42 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington

PLEASE NOTE: Native Nginx Windows builds are available at http://nginx.net
(My announcement was here: Nginx for Windows Native Builds.)
The last available Nginx for Windows build that I created using Cygwin was Nginx for Windows 0.7.50, the full page of my builds are located here: Nginx For Windows. Updated September 29, 2009.

Full disclosure: My entire site is ad-supported – please support this site by supporting the sponsors.

Nginx 0.7.41 for Windows is now available. For build information, please read the README.txt included in the install package, and also read the notes on the Nginx for Windows download page.

I hope you find this software useful, although it is offered without support and without guarantees.

To get immediate notifications for new Nginx for Windows releases and for more technology related news, Subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter.

Download Nginx for Windows 0.7.41 here. Changelog.

Nginx 0.7.41 for Windows (win32) is an article from: Kevin Worthington