How To Install nbc on Fedora 34

nbc is Simple language and compiler to program the LEGO NXT brick

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbc on Fedora 34.

What is `nbc`

Next Byte Codes (NBC) is a simple language with an assembly language syntax that can be used to program LEGO’s NXT programmable brick (from the new LEGO Mindstorms NXT set). Not Exactly C (NXC) is a high level language, similar to C, built on top of the NBC compiler. It can also be used to program the NXT brick. NXC is basically NQC (Not Quite C) for the NXT.

We can use yum or dnf to install nbc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nbc.

Install nbc on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install nbc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nbc

Install nbc on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install nbc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nbc

How To Uninstall nbc on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the nbc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nbc

nbc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nbc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/6bd006e1ff345e7fbf6b015fae996592309491
/usr/share/doc/nbc
/usr/share/doc/nbc/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/nbc/Readme
/usr/share/man/man1/nbc.1.gz

References

nbc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.