How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the nano on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nano" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install nano on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall nano on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nano
Version: 7.2-1
Installed-Size: 2804
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2), pico
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: hunspell
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_7.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 688568
MD5sum: 7e710ff1a00927816cd3b3209eab8a85
SHA256: 68fd9129e3a35f609aece98f0f0dba87ce1f39742ec849fa101ff96d1d3f8614