🧩 Step 1: Check if Nano is already installed
Open your terminal and run:
nano --version
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If Nano is installed, you’ll see version information (like
GNU nano, version 6.4). -
If it’s not installed, you’ll see an error such as:
bash: nano: command not found
🧰 Step 2: Install Nano (based on your Linux distribution)
🐧 Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nano -y
🧱 Fedora
sudo dnf install nano -y
💿 CentOS / RHEL
sudo yum install nano -y
On newer RHEL versions (8+), you can use
dnfinstead ofyum.
🧩 Arch Linux / Manjaro
sudo pacman -S nano
🐙 openSUSE
sudo zypper install nano
⚙️ Step 3: Verify installation
After installation, confirm again:
nano --version
If it prints version info — you’re all set!
💡 Optional: Make Nano the default editor
If you want Nano to open automatically for things like git commit messages or crontab -e, set it as the default editor:
export EDITOR=nano
To make this permanent, add the above line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.
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