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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-09-16 22:27:07 -0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-09-16 22:27:07 -0700 |
| commit | b9957462d6f8f40f061b2f6ea5e5091b9449cfd9 (patch) | |
| tree | 466168288135021f693aa3a511302aed27302d90 | |
| parent | 39afbce9d4a333ac03dfa44559e615b3dcb214a4 (diff) | |
| download | nasm-b9957462d6f8f40f061b2f6ea5e5091b9449cfd9.tar.gz | |
INSTALL: MSVC++ compilation instructions
Update compilation instructions for MSVC++, and point out that it's
not just Unix systems which can use the GNU instructions -- it also
applies to MacOS X and Windows with either Cygwin or MinGW.
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 34 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@ -Installing nasm from source -=========================== +1. Installing nasm from source (Unix, MacOS X, Windows/Cygwin, + Windows/MinGW) +2. Installing nasm from source (Windows/MS Visual C++) -Installing nasm is pretty straightforward on UN*X systems with Perl -and GNU tools installed. -If you checked out source from CVS you will need to run autoconf to +1. Installing nasm from source (Unix, MacOS X, Windows/Cygwin, Windows/MinGW) +============================================================================= + +Installing nasm is pretty straightforward on Unix or Unix-like systems +with Perl and GNU tools installed, including MinGW for Windows with +MSYS installed. Perl is optional for compiling unmodified sources +from a tarball, but is required to build from git or for most source +modifications. + +If you checked out source from git you will need to run autoconf to generate configure, otherwise you don't have to. $ autoheader @@ -58,5 +66,19 @@ to install everything =) Thats it, enjoy! -PS. Installation instructions for other platforms are underway. +2. Installing nasm from source (Windows/MS Visual C++) +====================================================== + +The recommended compiler for NASM on Windows is MinGW +(http://www.mingw.org), but it is also possible to compile with +Microsoft Visual C++ (tested with Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition.) + +To do so, start the "Visual C++ Command Shell", go to the directory +where the NASM source code was extracted, and run: + +> nmake /f Mkfiles/msvc.mak + +We recommend MinGW over Visual C++ 2005 as we have found it to be more +up to date with regards to C99 compliance, and we are increasingly +using C99 features in NASM. |