Installing ARM64 Assembly locally

Ubuntu (and most other Debian-based distributions)

To build code locally, you will need gcc and make, which can be installed using

sudo apt install gcc make

If you are not running on ARM64 hardware, install the QEMU emulator and the GCC ARM64 cross-toolchain using

sudo apt install qemu-user gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu

Windows

Use Windows Subsystem for Linux with a Debian-based distribution and follow the Ubuntu instructions from above. Alternatively, set up a Linux virtual machine.

macOS

A Linux virtual machine can be launched using any suitable virtualization solution (e.g., Lima).