How To Install nasm on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm on Ubuntu.
What is nasm
nasm is:
Netwide Assembler. NASM will currently output flat-form binary files, a.out, COFF and ELF Unix object files, and Microsoft 16-bit DOS and Win32 object files.
Also included is NDISASM, a prototype x86 binary-file disassembler which uses the same instruction table as NASM.
NASM is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
There are three methods to install nasm on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nasm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nasm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nasm
Install nasm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nasm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nasm
Install nasm 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 nasm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nasm
How To Uninstall nasm on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nasm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nasm
Uninstall nasm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nasm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nasm
Remove nasm Configurations and Data
To remove nasm configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nasm
Remove nasm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nasm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nasm
Dependencies
nasm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.