How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nano" package

Please follow the guidance below to install nano on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nano on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: nano
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.8-1ubuntu1
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 848
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), 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_4.8-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 269332
MD5sum: 81d52258c40f1d9bf0c26aa5d86a1e1f
SHA1: b3b538152fefcf6325935cb84f4ca940dd79c282
SHA256: 230ce60142b4befaadba974a0ea9fa579a62ed71b90d916c19d5939a55a7ddf8
Homepage: https://www.nano-editor.org/
Description: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Description-md5: af29527665aea4297c3c5acbb24cf1fa
Task: standard