This tutorial by user Victor Alex shows us how to get Nano set up on FreeBSD.
Introduction
Let’s say you need nano on a FreeBSD system, maybe you don’t have the skills for Vi or it is other wise not available to you or you just like nano better.
Steps (4 total)
1Make sure ports is installed
cd /usr/portsif this doesn’t work (folder doesn’t exist) you’ll need to install posts first.2Update Bianaries
portsnap fetch update3extract updates
portsnap fetch extract update
4Compile Nano
cd /usr/ports/editors/nano
make install clean
ln -s /usr/local/bin/nano /usr/bin/nano
Original: http://alexintutor.blogspot.com/2015/08/install-nano-on-freebsd.html