Regardless of whether we use precompiled packages for our target operating system, or compile our own Lighttpd, the setup would not be much easier. A seasoned administrator will compile and install a basic Lighttpd in under 15 minutes (in fact even a less weathered one can do, since this is what I timed on my last attempt to install 1.4.19).

Now that we have installed our Lighttpd, let us get it up and running.