I'm not able to install NGINX 1.15 with PageSpeed module

If you want to run a custom version of nginx with a module like ngx_pagespeed compiled in, the safest way is to uninstall the default version of nginx first.

If you’re able to take this approach, try this:

• Uninstall nginx with the commands: (or just start from a new Ubuntu 16.04 image)

sudo apt-get remove --purge nginx
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

• Follow the nginx with ngx_pagespeed installation instructions from ngx_pagespeed docs

bash <(curl -f -L -sS https://ngxpagespeed.com/install) \
     --nginx-version latest

• Partway through the installation, the script will ask you for nginx install options to include, here is a set that approximates the standard apt install nginx options:

--prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module

• Now when you run nginx -v you should see 1.15.0 is installed but it’s not configured to run on startup yet

• Create this systemd file at /lib/systemd/system/nginx.service and then run systemctl enable nginx to enable it and systemctl start nginx to start it.

You should now be able to confirm nginx is running via systemctl status nginx and you can edit nginx config at /etc/nginx/

ok I tried again your approach but nginx is not found

I run nginx -v

The program 'nginx' can be found in the following packages:
 * nginx-core
 * nginx-extras
 * nginx-full
 * nginx-light
Try: apt install <selected package>

do I have to configure something? I see a folder in my root called /root/nginx-1.15.0

this is the output of the build

Install nginx? [Y/n] y
make -f objs/Makefile install
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/nginx-1.15.0'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx' || mkdir -p '/usr/local/nginx'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx/sbin' \
	|| mkdir -p '/usr/local/nginx/sbin'
test ! -f '/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx' \
	|| mv '/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx' \
		'/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx.old'
cp objs/nginx '/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx/conf' \
	|| mkdir -p '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/koi-win '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/koi-utf '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/win-utf '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
test -f '/usr/local/nginx/conf/mime.types' \
	|| cp conf/mime.types '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/mime.types '/usr/local/nginx/conf/mime.types.default'
test -f '/usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params' \
	|| cp conf/fastcgi_params '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/fastcgi_params \
	'/usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params.default'
test -f '/usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi.conf' \
	|| cp conf/fastcgi.conf '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/fastcgi.conf '/usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi.conf.default'
test -f '/usr/local/nginx/conf/uwsgi_params' \
	|| cp conf/uwsgi_params '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/uwsgi_params \
	'/usr/local/nginx/conf/uwsgi_params.default'
test -f '/usr/local/nginx/conf/scgi_params' \
	|| cp conf/scgi_params '/usr/local/nginx/conf'
cp conf/scgi_params \
	'/usr/local/nginx/conf/scgi_params.default'
test -f '/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf' \
	|| cp conf/nginx.conf '/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf'
cp conf/nginx.conf '/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf.default'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx/logs' \
	|| mkdir -p '/usr/local/nginx/logs'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx/logs' \
	|| mkdir -p '/usr/local/nginx/logs'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx/html' \
	|| cp -R html '/usr/local/nginx'
test -d '/usr/local/nginx/logs' \
	|| mkdir -p '/usr/local/nginx/logs'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/nginx-1.15.0'

Nginx installed with ngx_pagespeed support compiled-in.

If this is a new installation you probably need an init script to
manage starting and stopping the nginx service.  See:
  http://wiki.nginx.org/InitScripts

You'll also need to configure ngx_pagespeed if you haven't yet:
  https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/module/configuration

oh god…finally somebody made it clear! why does nobody mention this? ugh.

btw I try again everything from scratch but when it’s time to input the options

Extracting nginx...
About to build nginx.  Do you have any additional ./configure
arguments you would like to set?  For example, if you would like
to build nginx with https support give --with-http_ssl_module
If you don't have any, just press enter.

I input your recommended option

--prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module--prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module

it returns an error:

Does this look right? [Y/n] y
./configure: error: invalid option "--with-http_v2_module--prefix=/etc/nginx"
Error: Failure running './configure --add-module=/root/incubator-pagespeed-ngx-latest-stable --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module--prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module', exiting.

i tried then again removing

./configure: error: invalid option "--with-http_v2_module--prefix=/etc/nginx"

and it didn’t return the error…

is maybe there a typo?

sorry to keep bothering you…I’d buy you a beer at least ;)