How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "nano" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install nano on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall nano on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: nano
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.2-1
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 860
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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_6.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 279722
MD5sum: 62dc6091fbb0495fd54ade54b59f51cd
SHA1: 65d7d810639e2648b66951667dc6106c116e514e
SHA256: cd6239a5480f5bd2f9c04c877ebe679c1500c045d15a1ff5b74c3d2d73f3fe44
SHA512: d3cf390906b5ea561e89f22adf46beb1cd22fc6850abca20504f27b676ecc8fe82b133076755c4d596f087b7111ee227cae8c1d1d7c27a5c6bdf9cd90c430a1c
Homepage: https://www.nano-editor.org/
Description: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Description-md5: af29527665aea4297c3c5acbb24cf1fa
Task: standard