Solution for Nginx installation without generating sbin directory

Error description:

1. After installing Nginx (1.18.0) on Linux (CentOS 7 64) system, the sbin startup directory cannot be found.

2. Use nginx -v to check the version prompt command not found

Problem 1: No sbin directory is generated

Tried the following solutions without success:

Method 1: Download version 1.19 and reinstall it. I tried to install 1.19, but there is still no sbin directory.

Method 2: A method found on the Internet:

Find the file that reports an error, in the unzipped nginx file src/os/unix/ngx_user.c , use the vi command to edit it, comment the error, save and exit; then go to the objs folder of the unzipped directory, edit the Makefile file, and delete -Werror

But I didn't find any error message in ngx_user.c , then I deleted -Werror in Makefile and recompiled, but the sbin directory was not generated.

Problem 2: nginx -v failed to check the version number

Solution: Configure Nginx environment variables

Execute the vi /etc/profile command, press shift + G to jump to the end, press I to enter the edit mode and add the following code to the end

export NGINX_HOME=/usr/local/nginx
export PATH=$PATH:$NGINX_HOME/sbin

Execute source /etc/profile command to reload the configuration file and view the version number.

Although there is no sbin, Nginx can still be started. Execute the /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx command to start Nginx. Execute ps -ef | grep nginx to check whether there is an Nginx process.

It took me half a day to finally figure out where the problem was.

Although the compressed package and the decompressed folder of Nginx are placed under the personal user, you can switch to the root user through su root and perform the Nginx installation operation. The final generated Nginx folder should be in the root directory, not under the personal user.

So, you should cd / to the root directory and check the sbin directory under usr/local/nginx folder. Does this path look familiar to you? That’s right, it’s the path configured in the environment variable!

Summarize:

For those who are not familiar with Linux virtual machines, it is important to distinguish between root users and personal users . I hope that after avoiding this mistake, I will not make the same mistake again.

//root root directory/usr/local/nginx
//Personal user directory /home/wanjk/usr/local/nginx/

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