Build Nginx OpenResty version on Ubuntu.This is part of the high performance caching blog on writebox.co.uk

nginx-openresty-ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh

# Build dependencies for OpenResty.
sudo apt-get install build-essential libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libgeoip-dev libgd-dev

# Install standard Nginx first so that you get the relevant service scripts installed too
sudo apt-get install nginx

# If you want to access Postgres via Nginx
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev

nginx-openresty-ubuntu-build.sh

./configure \
--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
--http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body \
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi \
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy \
--http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi \
--http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi \
--lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock \
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \
--with-luajit \
--with-http_dav_module \
--with-http_flv_module \
--with-http_geoip_module \
--with-http_gzip_static_module \
--with-http_realip_module \
--with-http_stub_status_module \
--with-http_ssl_module \
--with-http_sub_module \
--with-ipv6 \
--with-sha1=/usr/include/openssl \
--with-md5=/usr/include/openssl \
--with-http_stub_status_module \
--with-http_secure_link_module \
--with-http_sub_module \
--with-http_auth_request_module \
--with-http_gunzip_module \
--with-http_image_filter_module
#--with-http_postgres_module # <- Only if you want to access Postgres

make
sudo make install

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openresty/luajit --with-lua=/usr/local/openresty/luajit/ --lua-suffix=jit-2.1.0-beta1 --with-lua-include=/usr/local/openresty/luajit/include/luajit-2.1