How To Install nano-tiny on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-tiny on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nano-tiny package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
