How to Install and Uninstall yasm Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "yasm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install yasm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                yasm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "yasm" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall yasm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                yasm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the yasm package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: yasm
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1687
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sam Hocevar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/y/yasm/yasm_1.3.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 350590
MD5sum: 98d0bbd2c3f93278244886d5b688bda9
SHA1: 699f7e661b42cac0f28a1c5062c0895a2800a835
SHA256: 6ab8349a2fa4795447bf6eae6318a6f7c029137254c1bd87f668cd9ceacb3949
Description-en: modular assembler with multiple syntaxes support
Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler. It supports multiple
assembler syntaxes (eg, NASM, GAS, TASM, etc.) in addition to multiple
output object formats (binary objects, COFF, Win32, ELF32, ELF64) and
even multiple instruction sets (including AMD64). It also has an
optimiser module.
Description-md5: dea64a38f47da6fb51ac8a3e78582601
Homepage: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu