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1.3.2. Installing NASM under Unix
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   Once you've obtained the Unix source archive for NASM,
`nasm-X.XX.tar.gz' (where `X.XX' denotes the version number of NASM
contained in the archive), unpack it into a directory such as
`/usr/local/src'. The archive, when unpacked, will create its own
subdirectory `nasm-X.XX'.

   NASM is an auto-configuring package: once you've unpacked it, `cd' to
the directory it's been unpacked into and type `./configure'. This
shell script will find the best C compiler to use for building NASM and
set up Makefiles accordingly.

   Once NASM has auto-configured, you can type `make' to build the
`nasm' and `ndisasm' binaries, and then `make install' to install them
in `/usr/local/bin' and install the man pages `nasm.1' and `ndisasm.1'
in `/usr/local/man/man1'.  Alternatively, you can give options such as
`--prefix' to the configure script (see the file `INSTALL' for more
details), or install the programs yourself.

   NASM also comes with a set of utilities for handling the `RDOFF'
custom object-file format, which are in the `rdoff' subdirectory of the
NASM archive. You can build these with `make rdf' and install them with
`make rdf_install', if you want them.

   If NASM fails to auto-configure, you may still be able to make it
compile by using the fall-back Unix makefile `Makefile.unx'. Copy or
rename that file to `Makefile' and try typing `make'. There is also a
Makefile.unx file in the `rdoff' subdirectory.