How To Install nano-default-editor on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-default-editor in Fedora 36. nano-default-editor is Sets GNU nano as the default editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-default-editor on Fedora 36.

What is `nano-default-editor`

This package ensures the EDITOR shell variable is set in common shells to GNU nano.

We can use yum or dnf to install nano-default-editor on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nano-default-editor.

Install nano-default-editor on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nano-default-editor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nano-default-editor

Install nano-default-editor on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nano-default-editor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nano-default-editor

How To Uninstall nano-default-editor on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nano-default-editor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nano-default-editor

nano-default-editor Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/profile.d
/etc/profile.d/nano-default-editor.csh
/etc/profile.d/nano-default-editor.sh
/usr/share/fish/vendor_conf.d
/usr/share/fish/vendor_conf.d/nano-default-editor.fish

References

nano-default-editor website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-default-editor on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).