How to install Nano text editor in the Windows 10 command prompt?
The Nano text editor is a popular text editor in Linux. It is possible to also install the Windows version in the Windows 10 command prompt.
- Download Nano text editor for Windows from this link.
- Go to the latest version that has a NT directory. At the time of this writing v2.5 is the latest version that has a NT directory.
- Once in the directory download the latest version zip file. For me this is 2.5.3.zip
- Unzip the contents to the c:/ drive
- Copy cygwin1.dll from the Nano directory to the c:/windows/system32 directory
- Press Windows Key + s and type env.
- Click Edit the system environment variables

- Click Environment Variables… and select the Path Variable in System Variables
- Click on Edit, then click New
- Add the directory path to the nano.exe file which you unzipped earlier on the C drive. Mine was c:\nano-2.5.3-win32

- Click OK to close all environment variables windows
- Click Edit the system environment variables
- Press Windows Key + S and type cmd to launch the command prompt
- Type nano in the command prompt to launch the Nano text editor

- Type nano in the command prompt to launch the Nano text editor

i can’t see cygwin1.dll why