Build FASM without gcc?

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TmX

Joined: 02 Mar 2006
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TmX 11 Mar 2011, 14:49

In Windows, all you need to build FASM is FASM itself.
In Linux, you need gcc/ld.

Is is possible to build FASM without them?

11 Mar 2011, 14:49

Endre

Joined: 29 Dec 2003
Posts: 215
Location: Budapest, Hungary

Endre 12 Mar 2011, 13:57

TmX wrote:

In Windows, all you need to build FASM is FASM itself.
In Linux, you need gcc/ld.

Is is possible to build FASM without them?

Yes, it is, but doing that needs exceptional skills Wink

Code:

tar -xzf fasm-1.69.31.tgz 
cd fasm/source/Linux
fasm fasm.asm

12 Mar 2011, 13:57

Tyler

Joined: 19 Nov 2009
Posts: 1216
Location: NC, USA

Tyler 13 Mar 2011, 00:04

The problem is linking. PE is the only format for which Fasm has built in(through macros) linking support. When building non-PE executables, you need gcc or ld to link in all the system calls Fasm uses.

EDIT: Actually, I was wrong. See here.

13 Mar 2011, 00:04

vid
Verbosity in development

Joined: 05 Sep 2003
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Location: Slovakia

vid 13 Mar 2011, 00:45

If you have some cheapo wine box handy, then you don't need any gcc.

13 Mar 2011, 00:45

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 15 Mar 2011, 10:53

The standard Linux version of fasm does not require gcc, it assembles itself into a final executable.

15 Mar 2011, 10:53

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