How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "nano" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install nano on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nano on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: nano
Version: 5.4-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 2530
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2), pico
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), 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_5.4-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 656392
MD5sum: 562c93f28bcae33c025778b0454899e7
SHA256: d150e98a93d17b59f513d4490eb2b1b3e14f9ed3e06998eec684981bb91fa8b6