Отличаются набором модулей в комплекте.
В общем случае ставьте пакет
nginx, он потянет за собой
nginx-full по зависимостях, если будет недоставать модулей - всегда сможете поставить другой пакет.
Light:
STANDARD HTTP MODULES: Core, Access, Auth Basic, Auto Index, Empty GIF,
FastCGI, Map, Proxy, Rewrite.
OPTIONAL HTTP MODULES: Auth Request, Charset, Gzip, Gzip Precompression,
Headers, Index, Log, Real IP, SSL, Stub Status, Upstream.
THIRD PARTY MODULES: Echo.
Full:
STANDARD HTTP MODULES: Core, Access, Auth Basic, Auto Index, Browser,
Empty GIF, FastCGI, Geo, Limit Connections, Limit Requests, Map,
Memcached, Proxy, Referer, Rewrite, SCGI, Split Clients, UWSGI.
OPTIONAL HTTP MODULES: Addition, Auth Request, Charset, WebDAV, GeoIP,
Gunzip, Gzip, Gzip Precompression, Headers, HTTP/2, Image Filter, Index,
Log, Real IP, SSI, SSL, Stream, Stub Status, Substitution, Thread Pool,
Upstream, User ID, XSLT.
MAIL MODULES: Mail Core, Auth HTTP, Proxy, SSL, IMAP, POP3, SMTP.
THIRD PARTY MODULES: Auth PAM, DAV Ext, Echo, HTTP Substitutions, Upstream
Extras:
STANDARD HTTP MODULES: Core, Access, Auth Basic, Auto Index, Browser,
Empty GIF, FastCGI, Geo, Limit Connections, Limit Requests, Map,
Memcached, Proxy, Referer, Rewrite, SCGI, Split Clients, UWSGI.
OPTIONAL HTTP MODULES: Addition, Auth Request, Charset, WebDAV, FLV,
GeoIP, Gunzip, Gzip, Gzip Precompression, Headers, HTTP/2, Image Filter,
Index, Log, MP4, Embedded Perl, Random Index, Real IP, Secure Link, SSI,
SSL, Stream, Stub Status, Substitution, Thread Pool, Upstream, User ID,
XSLT.
MAIL MODULES: Mail Core, Auth HTTP, Proxy, SSL, IMAP, POP3, SMTP.
THIRD PARTY MODULES: Auth PAM, Cache Purge, DAV Ext, Echo, Fancy Index,
Headers More, Embedded Lua, HTTP Push, HTTP Substitutions, Upload
Progress, Upstream Fair Queue.
