How To Install nano on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano on CentOS 7. nano is A small text editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano on CentOS 7.

What is nano

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor.

We can use yum or dnf to install nano on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nano.

Install nano on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install nano

Install nano on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install nano

How To Uninstall nano on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nano

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.