How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: December 22,2024

1. Install "nano" package

This is a short guide on how to install nano on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: nano
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.2-2
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 836
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: hunspell
Conflicts: pico
Breaks: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2)
Replaces: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2), pico
Filename: pool/main/n/nano/nano_7.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 281286
MD5sum: c639ebaf27a9b54e8f3de3d0f59a3778
SHA1: eeb245f6211b7a6674e68c88a528049fb0b7d974
SHA256: 147afde7dcee250c78eecfaab96c34a39c140d2d575e332edf33e1ec758ca483
SHA512: 3a5a144fcee18d449be8dab48bf47f8ce8461ae0b2497041188407b9bdb719a7d6a2e27e113dd17e9ecb2a71c12ab1d4abb1c42083b95347027778bb7d5476ef
Homepage: https://www.nano-editor.org/
Description: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Description-md5: af29527665aea4297c3c5acbb24cf1fa
Task: standard, ubuntu-wsl