How To Install nasm-mozilla on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm-mozilla on Debian 9. nasm-mozilla is General-purpose x86 assembler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm-mozilla on Debian 9.

What is nasm-mozilla

nasm-mozilla 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-mozilla on Debian 9. 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-mozilla 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-mozilla using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nasm-mozilla

Install nasm-mozilla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nasm-mozilla

Install nasm-mozilla 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nasm-mozilla

How To Uninstall nasm-mozilla on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nasm-mozilla package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nasm-mozilla

Uninstall nasm-mozilla And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nasm-mozilla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nasm-mozilla

Remove nasm-mozilla Configurations and Data

To remove nasm-mozilla configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nasm-mozilla

Remove nasm-mozilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nasm-mozilla

Dependencies

nasm-mozilla have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm-mozilla package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.