# Gzip\_static, enabling without recompiling

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gzip-static-enabling-without-recompiling/186515>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gzip-static-enabling-without-recompiling/186515 "2010-04-08T06:17:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![leonardocg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@leonardocg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leonardocg)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gzip-static-enabling-without-recompiling/186515/1 "2010-04-08T06:17:45Z")

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Is there a way to enable gzip\_static without having to recompile with

./configure --with-http\_gzip\_static\_module

?

Cheers

Leo

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**Author:** ![leonardocg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@leonardocg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leonardocg)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gzip-static-enabling-without-recompiling/186515/2 "2010-04-08T08:55:47Z")

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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Leonardo C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Is there a way to enable gzip\_static without having to recompile with
> 
> ./configure --with-http\_gzip\_static\_module

No way if you did not specify that option in last time you ran  
configure.

–  
Ren Xiaolei

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**Author:** ![leonardocg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@leonardocg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leonardocg)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gzip-static-enabling-without-recompiling/186515/3 "2010-04-08T09:02:13Z")

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Thanks mate, I’ll compile it again then.