How to install nginx web server on Manjaro 15.09, Manjaro 0.8.13

This tutorial is going to show you how to install nginx web server on Manjaro. I have tested this to work with Manjaro 0.8.13 and also Manjaro 15.09 version. nginx is a small and lightweight web server. Not only small, this webserver is very powerful and has many features. You can easily turned your Manjaro into a powerful webserver in a minute.

Steps to install nginx on Manjaro

Open Terminal and use this command to install nginx

sudo pacman -S nginx

Answer y to confirm the installation

[dhani@dhani-manjaro Downloads]$ sudo pacman -S nginx
[sudo] password for dhani:
resolving dependencies…
looking for conflicting packages…

Packages (1) nginx-1.8.0-1

Total Download Size: 0.34 MiB
Total Installed Size: 0.98 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y

Wait until the installation is completed

:: Retrieving packages …
nginx-1.8.0-1-x86_64 349.5 KiB 209K/s 00:02 [##################] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [##################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [##################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [##################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [##################] 100%
(1/1) installing nginx

Now start nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx

Next, open web browser and type localhost. If you see the following page, you were successfully installed nginx.

install nginx on manjaro

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