Install nano in Solaris 11.3

Install nano in Solaris 11.3

     -  Soalris 11.3 will have nano.2.0.9 version
     -  This is bit older version and reported as vulnerability by pci compliance scan
     -  The suggested version is nano.2.2.4 or later
     -  Latest stable versions are nano.2.4.1 , nano.2.5.0 , nano.2.6.0
     -  Download the stable versions of nano.2.4.1 or nano.2.5.0 or nano.2.6.0

     -  copy the .tar.gz file to server under /var/tmp

1.  unzip the gzip file, will get a .tar file 

        cd /var/tmp/
        gzip -d nano-2.6.0.tar.gz

2.  Extract the tar file.
        tar -xvf nano-2.6.0.tar

3.  Compile the binary and install
        cd nano-2.6.0
        ./configure
        make
        make install

4.  copy the existing nano binary and make avilable the latest version
        cp -p /usr/bin/nano /usr/bin/_nano.2.0.9
        /usr/local/bin/nano -V


judi-dev-01# /usr/local/bin/nano -V
 nano, version 2.6.0
 (C) 1999..2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 (C) 2014..2016 the contributors to nano
 Email: nano@nano-editor.org    Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/
 Compiled options: --disable-libmagic --disable-utf8
judi-dev-01#

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Install nano in solaris 11.3
compile nano in solaris 11.3
nano editor in solaris 11.3

~Judi~