How to install nano on Opnsense BSD

[battle]

I tried to install nano using pkg_add in the terminal, but pkg_add is apparently not installed.  I can't find nano in the package area of Opnsense.  I know that Vim is installed, but I don't understand it and don't use it.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

pkg_* was replaced by pkg (formerly known as pkgng) in FreeBSD 10.0 about 11 years ago. So it's "pkg install nano". If nano is present in the OPNsense repository which I have not checked right now.

Learning vi basics is still worthwhile, IMHO. It's the only default editor across all current Unix systems.

[cookiemonster]

pkg_* was replaced by pkg (formerly known as pkgng) in FreeBSD 10.0 about 11 years ago. So it's "pkg install nano". If nano is present in the OPNsense repository which I have not checked right now.

Learning vi basics is still worthwhile, IMHO. It's the only default editor across all current Unix systems.

I am logged in. Yes it is in the OPN repo.

[battle]

Thanks.  I looked up how to use Vim and found that it is quite easy to use.  What always aggravated me was that I couldn't ever remember how to get out of Vim whenever I accidentally started it.  I am going to install nano anyway, now that I know how and that it is available in Opnsense.

[vivekmauli14]

How do I bring nano inside the build itself? so that upon fresh install of dvd/serial I get nano preinstalled in there?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

How do I bring nano inside the build itself? so that upon fresh install of dvd/serial I get nano preinstalled in there?

By building your own image. Start here: https://github.com/opnsense/tools