How To Install nasm on CentOS 8

nasm is A portable x86 assembler which uses Intel-like syntax

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm on CentOS 8.

What is nasm

NASM is the Netwide Assembler, a free portable assembler for the Intel 80x86 microprocessor series, using primarily the traditional Intel instruction mnemonics and syntax.

We can use yum or dnf to install nasm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nasm.

Install nasm on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install nasm

Install nasm on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install nasm

How To Uninstall nasm on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove nasm

nasm Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/nasm
/usr/bin/ndisasm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/4aa1f140d2eac5c033edc56580fd5b7705dfd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/5b3404234d6e22f6d370f25ca98d2ddb531fba
/usr/share/doc/nasm
/usr/share/doc/nasm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nasm/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/nasm/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nasm
/usr/share/licenses/nasm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nasm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndisasm.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.