Nano is a lightweight and user-friendly text editor that can be installed on Windows 10. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Nano on Windows 10.
Before we get started, make sure you have the following:
Open a web browser and go to the Nano website.
Click on the "Download" button on the homepage.
On the downloads page, scroll down to the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" section and click on the link to download the latest release of Nano.
Once the download is complete, double-click on the downloaded file to extract its contents.
Open a new Command Prompt window by pressing "Windows key + X" and selecting "Command Prompt".
In the Command Prompt window, navigate to the extracted folder by typing in the following command and pressing "Enter":
cd path/to/extracted/folder
Replace "path/to/extracted/folder" with the actual path to the extracted folder on your computer.
Type in the following command to install Nano:
dpkg -i nano*.deb
After the installation is complete, type in the following command to verify the installation:
nano -V
This should display the version number of Nano.
You can now use Nano by typing in "nano" followed by the name of the file you want to edit in the Command Prompt window.
nano filename.txt
This will open the specified file in Nano for editing.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Nano on Windows 10. With Nano, you can now easily edit text files on your Windows computer.
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