# Mainline Ubuntu Packages

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [May 7, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768 "2013-05-07T12:50:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/1 "2013-05-07T12:50:33Z")

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Hi,

I think about moving from custom compiled versions to Mainline Ubuntu  
Packages provided at [Index of /packages/](http://nginx.org/packages). The issue in question currently  
is  
which parameters for ./configure are used to build those packages? is  
there  
any documentation regarding which modules are built in? Or is there any  
repository for that stuff you use to build those packages to have a  
look?

best regards,  
Christian

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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/2 "2013-05-07T13:08:05Z")

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On 05/07/13 14:50, Christian Bönning wrote:

> The issue in question currently is which parameters for ./configure are used to  
> build those packages?

run  
nginx -V

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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/3 "2013-05-07T13:13:55Z")

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Thanks. But I would just like to know that before I actually start to  
deploy something on our development/testing/staging/production  
environments  
… 😉

Best regards,  
Christian

2013/5/7 Anton Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/4 "2013-05-07T14:25:47Z")

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On 7 May2013, at 15:13 , Christian B.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Thanks. But I would just like to know that before I actually start to deploy  
> something on our development/testing/staging/production environments … 😉

% nginx -V  
nginx version: nginx/1.5.0  
TLS SNI support enabled  
configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx  
–conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf  
–error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log  
–http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid  
–lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock  
–http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client\_temp  
–http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy\_temp  
–http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi\_temp  
–http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi\_temp  
–http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi\_temp --user=nginx  
–group=nginx --with-http\_ssl\_module --with-http\_realip\_module  
–with-http\_addition\_module --with-http\_sub\_module  
–with-http\_dav\_module --with-http\_flv\_module --with-http\_mp4\_module  
–with-http\_gunzip\_module --with-http\_gzip\_static\_module  
–with-http\_random\_index\_module --with-http\_secure\_link\_module  
–with-http\_stub\_status\_module --with-mail --with-mail\_ssl\_module  
–with-file-aio --with-ipv6

on ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 --with-http\_spdy\_module is added.

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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/5 "2013-05-07T15:16:39Z")

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Thank you Sergey. That helps.

Best regards,  
Christian

2013/5/7 Sergey B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/6 "2013-05-07T18:24:47Z")

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> > % nginx -V  
> > –http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi\_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx

Hello,  
Thanks for posting the configure script. Is there a reason why the geoip  
module is not compiled into the packages? Our site uses this module  
quite  
extensively and given how old the Debian packages have become, I was  
hoping  
we could switch to the official [nginx.org](http://nginx.org) packages.

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**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mainline-ubuntu-packages/228768/7 "2013-05-07T19:33:45Z")

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On 7 May2013, at 20:23 , Richard S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Thanks for posting the configure script.

You can download srpm and/or debian source package from [nginx.org](http://nginx.org) and  
look at  
configure options or change/rebuild it for your needs.

> Is there a reason why the geoip module is not compiled into the packages? Our  
> site uses this module quite extensively and given how old the Debian packages have  
> become, I was hoping we could switch to the official [nginx.org](http://nginx.org) packages.

geoip module requires geoip lib, so it will add dependence to nginx  
package.  
The policy is to enable all options except those need additional libs.
