[haiku-development] Re: Build problem with 'nasm'

  • From: Jessica Hamilton <jessica.l.hamilton@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 12:36:41 +1200

On 8 September 2014 12:30, Sabesan Saidapet Pachai <sabesansp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am getting started with haiku and while trying to build the sources, I
> follow the
> instructions here :
>
> https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/building/configure
>
> (1) I am trying to execute "./configure" from within "haiku" folder
> (2) I am on a haiku vm (vm running on VmWare fusion)
> (3) Version of os : R1 / alpha 4.1
> (4) Error I received : ./configure: line 671: nasm: command not found
>                                 nasm cannot generate ELF files.Please
> install a working version.
> (5) As per the documentation, since my building platform was haiku, I was
> under the impression
>      that I do not need to install anything else (NASM was a pre-requisite)
> (6) What steps do I have to follow to install nasm in haiku ? (if this is
> already in the documentation
>       please point me to the link, sorry for wasting your time).

The build requirement for nasm changed post R1A4.1; it was previously
yasm. You will have better luck using a recent nightly.

- Jessica

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