Nano is a text editor with an incredibly straightforward and easy to use interface. It is commonly used with Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD. It is quite similar to the Pico text editor but includes a host of features that are entirely unique to itself. There’s one drawback that it cannot be used in several different modes like other text editors for FreeBSD.
This is going to be a quick tutorial on how to set up nano on a FreeBSD system. Plus, there’s going to be a section in this lesson that’ll help you get started with this text editor.
Installing nano text editor in FreeBSD
To install any software in a FreeBSD system, the pkg method and the ports collection method are your most viable options. The FreeBSD package manager(pkg) installs with packages, and the ports collection method is used to perform a custom installation of the software. In both cases, you have complete control over the compilation method for the package/port.
Install Nano with FreeBSD package manager
Run the command below to install nano with the pkg:
