how to compile/install and upgrade nginx

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) comes with nginx 0.6.34. This nginx worked fine, until one day I tried to use "try_files". Nginx returned error : "Unknown directive: 'try_files'". Later I learnt only nginx version 0.6.36+, 0.7.27+ or 0.8.x support the 'try_files' command. So, I decided to upgrade my nginx to the newest stable version, and it turned out the process was so hard:Read more >>