How To Install nml on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nml on Ubuntu 22.04. nml is newgrf meta language compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nml on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is nml

nml is:

NML is a python-based compiler, capable of compiling NML (NewGRF Meta Language) files (along with their associated language, sound and graphic files) into grf and / or nfo files (which can serve as datafiles for the OpenTTD or TTDPatch games).

There are three methods to install nml on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nml Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nml

Install nml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nml

Install nml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nml

How To Uninstall nml on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nml

Uninstall nml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nml

Remove nml Configurations and Data

To remove nml configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nml

Remove nml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nml package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.