Install nginx under Mac

Step 1: Under Linux or Mac, the installation of Nginx depends on the Pcre package, download it.

Step 2: Compile and install pcre

 

$ cd ~/Downloads/
$ tar -xzvf pcre-8.37.tar.gz
$ cd pcre-8.37
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pcre
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install

Step 3: Find the download page on the Nginx official website and download it.

Step 4: Compile and install Nginx

 

$ cd ~/Downloads/
$ tar -xzvf nginx-1.9.3.tar.gz
$ cd nginx-1.9.3
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nginx --with-pcre=/Users/huan/software/pcre-8.37
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install

  

 

 Note: Please pay attention to the command marked in red above, --with-pcre=<path> is followed by the source directory of pcre, not the installation directory. Otherwise, an error will be reported.