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Lynob
Asked: 2014-10-31 14:42:10 +0800 CST

Assembler similar to TASM on Ubuntu

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I have an HP computer running 64-bit Ubuntu, so you could say Intel. I'm taking a assembly course at the university. The instructor wants us to use TASM.

While it may run on wine I'm not sure about it. TASM is no longer maintained.

I have never written any assembly programs, but I would like to know if there's a assembler that runs natively on Ubuntu 64-bit, is free, is maintained and as close as possible to the TASM syntax as possible so I can follow the instructor without having to much trouble.

I have found this question, however the answers given there don't say which one has the closest syntax to TASM, which is the main point of my question. I can find easily many assemblers with Google. I want to know which one has the closest syntax to TASM.

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  1. Best Answer

    You could install the Netwide Assembler, NASM:

    sudo apt-get install nasm

    NASM provides the -t option which enables the TASM Compatibility Mode:

    NASM includes a limited form of compatibility with Borland's TASM. When NASM's -t option is used, the following changes are made:

    • local labels may be prefixed with @@ instead of .
    • size override is supported within brackets. In TASM compatible mode, a size override inside square brackets changes the size of the operand, and not the address type of the operand as it does in NASM syntax. E.g. mov eax,[DWORD val] is valid syntax in TASM compatibility mode. Note that you lose the ability to override the default address type for the instruction.
    • unprefixed forms of some directives supported (arg, elif, else, endif, if, ifdef, ifdifi, ifndef, include, local)

    Alternatively, you could also run the windows version with DOSBox.

    Source:

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  2. Use NetWide Assembler...To install it just type in the terminal

    sudo apt-get install nasm

    Or you can build it from source

    NASM 2.13.03

    Best of luck...

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