How To Install nasm on Fedora 34

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nasm on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nasm.

Install nasm on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nasm

nasm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nasm
/usr/bin/ndisasm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/a8e5ec8e577baf45b95763e5794b873ad023c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/feb0549f087b40122a491d3002c9777aef7268
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.