How to install nano on Linux?

GNU nano is a simple text editor for Unix based operating systems for use in a command-line interface. It is licensed under the GNU General Public Use License. It is quite easy to install and takes only one command to install nano.

How to install nano on Linux?

Enter this command to install nano for Debian/Ubuntu systems –

$ sudo apt install nano

And this one for CentOS/Fedora systems

$ yum install nano

This is will install nano successfully and you can check that by entering

$ nano --version

The output ideally should be the version number like this –

 GNU nano, version 4.8
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