How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "nano" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nano on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nano
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nano" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall nano on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nano
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nano package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: nano
Version: 3.2-3
Installed-Size: 2216
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2), pico
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: spell
Conflicts: pico
Breaks: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2)
Description: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Description-md5: af29527665aea4297c3c5acbb24cf1fa
Homepage: https://www.nano-editor.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/n/nano/nano_3.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 544284
MD5sum: 652fc9e6fc493e3bbc8ff4e508423a74
SHA256: 563704338ec3f98dcd9779bd658f016507d6f789c708dc6b97c2e8b3283c764e