1.- Get into the src folder, download & extract nginx source

cd ~/src curl -O http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.0.tar.gz tar -xzvf nginx-1.7.0.tar.gz cd nginx-1.7.0

2.- Configuring the source

./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/nginx
--sbin-path=$HOME/local/sbin/nginx
--conf-path=$HOME/local/etc/nginx.conf
--error-log-path=$HOME/logs/user/nginx/error.log
--http-log-path=$HOME/logs/user/nginx/access.log
--pid-path=$HOME/local/run/nginx/nginx.pid
--lock-path=$HOME/local/lock/nginx.lock
--http-client-body-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/client/
--http-proxy-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/proxy/
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/fcgi/
--with-http_flv_module
--with-http_ssl_module
--with-http_gzip_static_module

3.- Compile & Install

make make install

4.- Creating folders

mkdir -p ~/tmp/nginx/fcgi ~/tmp/nginx/proxy ~/tmp/nginx/client

5.- Modifying the Path

export PATH=/home/axion/local/sbin:$PATH source ~/.bashrc