Installing Lighttpd (Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev

wget for the source (see lighttpd website)
unzip

./configure
make
make install

sed -e 's/FOO/lighttpd/g' doc/rc.lighttpd > /etc/init.d/lighttpd
chmod a+rx /etc/init.d/lighttpd
mkdir /etc/sysconfig
cp -p doc/sysconfig.lighttpd /etc/sysconfig/lighttpd
install -Dp ./doc/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
update-rc.d lighttpd defaults