Ubuntu doesn’t always keep up with the latest stable releases of Nginx. To install latest Nginx on Ubuntu I normally follow these steps:
Step 1
Add latest stable release distro to Ubuntu sources file in /etc/apt/sources.list. Replace ‘precise’ with your Ubuntu version:
echo 'deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
Step 2
Add public key from Ubuntu server
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys ABF5BD827BD9BF62
Step 3
Update Ubuntu packages
apt-get update
Step 4
Install latest Nginx
sudo apt-get install nginx
Optionally, if you are upgrading from an older version you would need to remove nginx-full and nginx-common packages as they will conflict with a new version. You would do this before Step 3. If you do upgrade, it’s always good practice to backup your Nginx config files before you upgrade.
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