apt-get update
apt-get install libpcre3-dev build-essential libssl-dev --yes

## get it
cd /opt/
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.4.1.tar.gz
tar -zxvf nginx*
cd /opt/nginx*/

## make it
./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module
make
make install

## create the nginx user
adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group nginx

## create the nginx init script
wget -O init-deb.sh http://library.linode.com/assets/1139-init-deb.sh
mv init-deb.sh /etc/init.d/nginx
chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults