How To Install nano on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano on AlmaLinux 8.

What is nano

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor.

We can use yum or dnf to install nano on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nano.

Install nano on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install nano

Install nano on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install nano

How To Uninstall nano on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nano

References

• nano website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.