How to Install and Uninstall nano Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "nano" package

Please follow the steps below to install nano on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nano
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.3-2ubuntu2
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 684
Provides: editor
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: spell
Conflicts: pico
Replaces: pico
Filename: pool/main/n/nano/nano_2.5.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 190566
MD5sum: e31024f60c11f615be8c3abf86af8cd9
SHA1: b2044c27b55e81306128822027d0277ae03a5487
SHA256: 1c0ce9033e272743d4037a063c46b011f73efbbd38932bc3a351d5bc471d1a5e
SHA512: 4f9fc84329ed741128ab2c2bd9b1df43dc9ca6bfbf7eda7e5e552c32f8e6861f43039b6e1ad751173f722aafea03a09a62c208c81c9ed86083c8c29bf2815cdc
Homepage: http://www.nano-editor.org/
Description-en: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement
for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine
(itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).
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However, nano also implements many features missing in pico, including:
- feature toggles;
- interactive search and replace (with regular expression support);
- go to line (and column) command;
- auto-indentation and color syntax-highlighting;
- filename tab-completion and support for multiple buffers;
- full internationalization support.
Description-md5: b7e1d8c3d831118724cfe8ea3996b595
Task: standard, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch
Supported: 5y

Package: nano
Priority: standard
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 684
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.3-2
Replaces: pico
Provides: editor
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: spell
Conflicts: pico
Filename: pool/main/n/nano/nano_2.5.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 190920
MD5sum: bd757bcdb6ffced902490ca2803c8e15
SHA1: 5baa89fa02ef15f26ce09fdbfd1d0be61349b7d7
SHA256: 2a61014111de157e6ce05f9e970563719872d5908f8bef43b3576228b2e0af0a
Description-en: small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement
for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine
(itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).
.
However, nano also implements many features missing in pico, including:
- feature toggles;
- interactive search and replace (with regular expression support);
- go to line (and column) command;
- auto-indentation and color syntax-highlighting;
- filename tab-completion and support for multiple buffers;
- full internationalization support.
Description-md5: b7e1d8c3d831118724cfe8ea3996b595
Homepage: http://www.nano-editor.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch