source: general/prog/nasm.xml@ 436860d

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  <!ENTITY nasm-download-http "http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/&nasm-version;/nasm-&nasm-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY nasm-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY nasm-md5sum        "d5ca2ad7121ccbae69dd606b1038532c">
  <!ENTITY nasm-size          "788 KB">
  <!ENTITY nasm-buildsize     "27 MB" >
  <!ENTITY nasm-time          "0.2 SBU">
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<sect1 id="nasm" xreflabel="NASM-&nasm-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="nasm.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>NASM-&nasm-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="nasm">
    <primary sortas="a-NASM">NASM</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to NASM</title>

    <para><application>NASM</application> (Netwide Assembler)
    is an 80x86 assembler designed for portability and modularity. It includes a
    disassembler as well.</para>

    &lfs82_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nasm-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nasm-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &nasm-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &nasm-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &nasm-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &nasm-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Optional documentation: <ulink
        url="http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/&nasm-version;/nasm-&nasm-version;-xdoc.tar.xz"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nasm"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of NASM</title>

    <para>First, fix an issue when building with gcc 8:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/seg_init/s/pure_func//' include/nasmlib.h</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you downloaded the optional documentation, put it into the
    source tree:</para>

<screen><userinput>tar -xf ../nasm-&nasm-version;-xdoc.tar.xz --strip-components=1</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Apply some upstream fixes, which are needed for compiling with gcc-8.1:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -e '/seg_init/d'                      \
    -e 's/pure_func seg_alloc/seg_alloc/' \
    -i include/nasmlib.h</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install <application>NASM</application> by running
    the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<!-- dev note: make INSTALLROOT=<DESTDIR> install -->

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you downloaded the optional documentation, install it with the
    following instructions as the <systemitem
    class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -m755 -d         /usr/share/doc/nasm-&nasm-version;/html  &amp;&amp;
cp -v doc/html/*.html    /usr/share/doc/nasm-&nasm-version;/html  &amp;&amp;
cp -v doc/*.{txt,ps,pdf} /usr/share/doc/nasm-&nasm-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>nasm and ndisasm</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/nasm-&nasm-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="nasm-prog">
        <term><command>nasm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a portable 80x86 assembler.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nasm nasm-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-nasm">nasm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ndisasm">
        <term><command>ndisasm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an 80x86 binary file disassembler.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nasm ndisasm">
            <primary sortas="b-ndisasm">ndisasm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>