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