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h1. InstallFromSource
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h2. Get the source
You can either use a release from http://www.lighttpd.net/download or compile from svn:
* Using a release/snapshot:
Extract the tar ball and enter the new directory:
<pre>
tar -xf lighttpd-1.4.XXX.tar.gz
cd lighttpd-1.4.XXX
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* svn (you will need autoconf and automake for this):
First time:
<pre>
svn checkout svn://svn.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/branches/lighttpd-1.4.x/
cd lighttpd-1.4.x
./autogen.sh
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Next time from @lighttpd-1.4.x/@:
<pre>
svn update
./autogen.sh
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h2. Install dependencies
Depending on which features you want, you need other libraries; you will want at least libpcre and zlib, for more see [[OptionalLibraries]].
On most systems you need to install the development version of the library packages, the library itself won't be enough!
Here is the list used for the debian packages (without the packaging parts): libssl-dev, zlib1g-dev, libbz2-dev, libattr1-dev, libpcre3-dev, libmysqlclient15-dev, libfam-dev, libldap2-dev, libfcgi-dev, libgdbm-dev, libmemcache-dev, liblua5.1-0-dev, pkg-config, uuid-dev, libsqlite3-dev, libxml2-dev, libkrb5-dev.
h2. Configure
Now you have to use the @./configure@ script - there is a help option for it:
<pre>
./configure --help
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Don't forget to set the @--prefix@ if you don't want to install in /usr/local.
h2. Build
If the configure step was successful, you can now build it:
<pre>
make
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h2. Install
After a successful build you may install the package. This is not needed, but you will have to give lighttpd the correct location of the modules if you don't (see ./lighttpd -h).
As you hopefully didn't use root to build the package, you probably have now to get root access:
<pre>
su make install
</pre>
h2. Init script
The init-script that is shipped with the source-tarball is meant to be run on a LSB conforming platform like SuSE, Fedora or Debian.
<pre>
sed -e 's/FOO/lighttpd/g' doc/rc.lighttpd > /etc/init.d/lighttpd
chmod a+rx /etc/init.d/lighttpd
cp -p doc/sysconfig.lighttpd /etc/sysconfig/lighttpd
install -Dp ./doc/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
chkconfig lighttpd on
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If you're running *CentOS* or *RHEL* you might need to change the first line to this
<pre>
sed -e 's/FOO/lighttpd/g' doc/rc.lighttpd.redhat > /etc/init.d/lighttpd
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In *Debian* / *Ubuntu* you use update-rc.d rather than chkconfig:
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update-rc.d lighttpd defaults
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h2. Supervise
As an alternative to init scripts you can setup a "supervised" lighttpd with daemontools or runit, see [[LighttpdUnderSupervise]]