Installing x86-64 Assembly locally

Learn how to install x86-64 Assembly locally to solve Exercism's exercises on your own machine

Requirements

  • A 64-bit x86 CPU
  • A modern C compiler
  • The Make build tool
  • The Netwide Assembler (NASM)

Please note that this track only supports the calling convention of the System V AMD64 ABI. Windows users will need to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), or set up a Linux virtual machine.

Linux

Install the required software using your system's package manager:

  • Ubuntu, Debian: $ sudo apt-get install gcc make nasm
  • Fedora: $ sudo dnf install gcc make nasm
  • CentOS, RHEL: $ sudo yum install gcc make nasm
  • Arch Linux: $ sudo pacman -S gcc make nasm
  • OpenSUSE: $ sudo zypper install gcc make nasm

macOS

Install the Xcode Command Line Tools:

$ xcode-select --install

Install NASM using Homebrew:

$ brew install nasm

Windows

To install WSL, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10.