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nginx: [emerg] the "spdy" parameter requires ngx_http_spdy_module

Posted on July 9, 2014

New install, Ubuntu 14:

Getting error message when I try to restart nginx:

nginx: [emerg] the “spdy” parameter requires ngx_http_spdy_module

How do I fix this error / install spdy parameter? I tried adding listen 80 spdy; but that didn’t work



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