How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "nano" package

This is a short guide on how to install nano on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nano on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: nano
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.3-2
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 760
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: spell
Conflicts: pico
Breaks: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2)
Replaces: nano-tiny (<< 2.8.6-2), pico
Filename: pool/main/n/nano/nano_2.9.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 231376
MD5sum: 32bee634c017cea43988687d6e0a1942
SHA1: f8500db9685e4a99eb1839f148bb27c44834920a
SHA256: 270db1296d5d0f6c19e73e760f128322b6251de60116b804f4d571977303b9d2
Homepage: https://www.nano-editor.org/
Description: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Description-md5: 787d66e0c9b7a2a4faca78b0f7162c9d
Task: standard
Supported: 5y