Installation Instructions
Installing on Ubuntu
Install Lighttpd web server using following command
$ sudo apt install lighttpd
To test installation, go to your website or IP address
Installing from source
Download a release from www.lighttpd.net/download.
Use following commands to install via git
git clone https://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4.git
cd lighttpd1.4
./autogen.sh
Use these commands if you want to install via svn
svn checkout https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/trunk lighttpd1.4
Fetch updates
svn update
To install dependencies, run this command
apt-get build-dep lighttpd
Configure
./configure --help
Build using make command
make
After a successful build, now install the package
su make install