How To Install yasm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yasm on Debian 10.
What is yasm
yasm is:
Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler. It supports multiple assembler syntaxes (eg, NASM, GAS, TASM, etc.) in addition to multiple output object formats (binary objects, COFF, Win32, ELF32, ELF64) and even multiple instruction sets (including AMD64). It also has an optimiser module.
There are three methods to install yasm on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yasm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yasm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yasm
Install yasm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yasm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yasm
Install yasm 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 yasm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yasm
How To Uninstall yasm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the yasm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yasm
Uninstall yasm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yasm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yasm
Remove yasm Configurations and Data
To remove yasm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yasm
Remove yasm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yasm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yasm
Dependencies
yasm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yasm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.