Issue
I have maybe a stupid question but I just want to be sure that my thoughts are correct. I have Ubuntu 12.04 server. Also I have nginx installed on the server. Now I want to install nginx-extras. So the question is: Will nginx-extras override old nginx installation and I should change all the settings again or not?
Thanks, Igor
Solution
No, this will just install additional packages, without any harm to already installed.
You can easyli check any package at packages.debian.org
So, for nginx-extras this will be https://packages.debian.org/sid/nginx-extras
You can see there are dep packages - ngin-extras's dependiences. They'll be installed if are not present already in your system. If any exists already and have a correct version - it will be ignored. If version is too low, package will be upgraded, but config files will remain unchanged.
Only way the package can change your config files is when it's own config file is replaced in upgrade. But there will be a prompt and you can choose to change, don't change, watch diff etc.
Answered By - Tomir Rogi Szawok
