--- title: Install (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement) on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement) for on CentOS - Small, friendly text editor (Strict Confinement) url: https://snapcraft.io/install/nano-strict/centos --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement) on **CentOS** # (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement) (nano-strict) [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)") * [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)") * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/nano-strict/centos#install) #### Small, friendly text editor (Strict Confinement) 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). However, GNU nano also implements many features missing in Pico, including: * undo/redo * line numbering * syntax coloring * soft-wrapping of overlong lines * selecting text by holding Shift * interactive search and replace (with regular expression support) * a go-to line (and column) command * support for multiple file buffers * auto-indentation * tab completion of filenames and search terms * toggling features while running * and full internationalization support This snap ships GNU nano in strict confinement mode, this means that it can only access non-directly-under-hidden-files under your home directory and (optionally) files under `/mnt` and `/media` via the `removable-media` interface, however in contrast with the `nano` snap it is installable in Ubuntu Core systems. Run the following command in a terminal to create an alias of the `tree` command after installing the snap: ``` sudo snap alias nano-strict nano ``` Note that if you just removed nano from APT distribution you will have to run the following command to regenerate GNU Bash's command search hash so that it will fall back to the command provided by the snap: ``` hash -r ``` simply logout and re-login the user session will work. This is NOT an official nano distribution, refer the issue tracker for any problems regarding the use of this snap: ### Package name * nano-strict --- ### License * GPL-3.0 --- ### Last updated * 11 May 2024 - latest/stable * 10 May 2024 - latest/edge This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [launchpad.net/nano-snap](https://launchpad.net/nano-snap "https://launchpad.net/nano-snap") --- ### Contact * [bugs.launchpad.net](https://bugs.launchpad.net/nano-snap "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nano-snap") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/nano-strict/centos#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on CentOS and install (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement) Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/nano-strict/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command: ``` sudo yum install epel-release ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement) To install (UNOFFICIAL) nano (Strict Confinement), simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install nano-strict ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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