[SOLVED] 'sh: nano: command not found' on installation in arch-chroot

Hello,
I'm trying to install Arch Linux on a new laptop with a UEFI motherboard, however while following the beginners' guide on the step which requires you to arch-chroot into the /mnt base system to modify the locale.gen file using nano, I receive the following error:
'sh: nano: command not found'
I have mounted the partitions, installed the base system and have tried searching online for a solution but nothing seems to work. Also, nano works while outside of arch-root so I believe it is installed on my system.
I'm almost completely out of ideas on how to fix this, so any help or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
- Thanks.
Last edited by tyor (2013-01-20 12:01:54)

I had the same problem during my first attempts to install Arch. When you use the command as stated:
# pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel
it seems not all packages were downloaded/installed. Now I know it was my own fault by not selecting the packages properly.
In the beginnersguide right above the pacstrap command is stated:
The -i switch can be omitted if you wish to install every package from the base and base-devel groups without prompting.
So I did, and installed without a problem

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