How to update nano in Ubuntu

Hi @redtree,

If you want to update to the latest version of nano, you need to compile it from its source code, you can get its source code from

https://www.nano-editor.org/download.php

In this case, I’ll take

cd ~
wget https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v6/nano-6.0.tar.gz
tar -xf nano-6.0.tar.gz
cd nano-6.0

Run the configuration script, I apply the following compile option.

./configure --enable-utf8

You can see a complete list of options available by using help.

./configure --help

Now to compile it

make
sudo make install

Don’t forger that you need to remove nano with apt remove before starting the above.