# download PCRE and nginx source sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/src cd /usr/local/src # copy PCRE to directory # eg. cp /tmp/pcre-8.20.tar.gz /usr/local/src/ tar xzvf pcre-8.20.tar.gz cd pcre-8.20 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make && sudo make install cd .. # copy nginx to directory tar xzvf nginx-1.0.11.tar.gz cd nginx-1.0.11 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-http_ssl_module make && sudo make install # edit your PATH variable, make sure it include /usr/local/sbin vim ~/.profile . ~/.profile which nginx # start nginx sudo nginx