How to install nano on a Synology NAS
This article will walk you through how to install the nano editor on your Synology NAS for editing files within the SSH terminal.
I'm not a fan of the default editor (vim, *shudder*) that comes with the SSH terminal of the Synology NAS, nano is far more user friendly and I need to get my hands on that. Normally I would just do sudo apt install nano
on my Ubuntu devices, but Synology isn't Ubuntu, so I can't do that.
Nano can't be installed natively within the terminal (that I know of...), but, luckily, there is a solution for that. SynoCommunity.com offers community packages that can be installed on your NAS, such as Git, HomeAsistant, and various useful command-line tools like nano.
1. Log in to your NAS, go to Main Menu --> Package Center --> Settings.
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2. In the Settings window, select Synology Inc. and trusted publishers under the Trust Level.
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3. In the Package Sources tab, click Add, type in a relevant name and enter the location as http://packages.synocommunity.com
. Click OK.
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5. If you go to the Community tab now within the Package Center, you will see a plethora of new packages that you can install. The one you want is the SynoCli File Tools - click Install underneath it.
(Note: this package also provides a bunch of other useful command-line utilities, including less, tree, ncdu, jdupes, detox, lzip, micro, etc. etc...)
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And you're done! Simple as that.
You can now use the nano editor within the SSH terminal of your Synology NAS.
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