How To Install nano-tiny on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-tiny on Kali Linux.

What is nano-tiny

nano-tiny is:

GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine (itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).

This package contains a build of GNU nano with many features disabled, for environments such as rescue disks where resources are limited.

There are three methods to install nano-tiny on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nano-tiny Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nano-tiny using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nano-tiny

Install nano-tiny Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nano-tiny using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nano-tiny

Install nano-tiny Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nano-tiny using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nano-tiny

How To Uninstall nano-tiny on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nano-tiny

Uninstall nano-tiny And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nano-tiny and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nano-tiny

Remove nano-tiny Configurations and Data

To remove nano-tiny configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nano-tiny

Remove nano-tiny configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nano-tiny configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nano-tiny

Dependencies

nano-tiny have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncursesw6
• libtinfo6

References

• nano-tiny website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-tiny package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.