Nano 2.5.0 Text Editor. Install Nano 2.5.0 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. Nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface. It emulates the Pico text editor, part of the Pine email client, and also provides additional functionality. In contrast to Pico, Nano is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Nano 2.5.1 is the latest version. Nano 2.5.1 is a modern version with colorized text and menu entries. The following improvements and features are available in version 2.5.1 include:
- Customizable key bindings (see the key bindings section of the nanorc man page for more details.
- ‘soft’ line wrapping (i.e. full line display)
- Full undo/redo support [EXPERIMENTAL]
- Pager support (i.e. reading from stdin)
- Warnings for un-writable files, external modification since opening
- Abortable searching (^C after ^W)
- More syntax highlighting examples (Fortran, objC, OCaml, Makefiles)
- Faster syntax higlighting for complicated regexes
Install Nano on Ubuntu
Nano 2.5.0 can be installed on Linux Ubuntu Systems, via PPA. Run the following commands in Terminal to install Nano 2.5.0 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nano
Once installed, open the Nano text editor from Ubuntu Dash ot Menu.
Please note that Nano text editor has syntax highlighting and indentation features. Nano is a “modeless” editor. All keystrokes, with the exception of Control and Meta key sequences, enter text into the file being edited. All key sequences in nano are entered using the keyboard.
The built-in help system in nano is available by pressing ^G. It is fairly self-explanatory. It documents the various parts of the editor and the available keystrokes. Navigation is via the ^Y (Page Up) and ^V (Page Down) keys. ^X exits the help system.
If you wish to remove and uninstall the Nano text editor, run:
$ sudo apt-get remove nano