Sub: MPL Software Installation Sem: IV

Installation of MASM and Dosbox on Ubuntu

1) Download masm611.rar package from our ftp server

ftp://192.168.100.99/pub/LinuxSoftwares
2) Extract or unrar masm611 package from Downloads folder, it will create masm611
folder in Downloads. (install unrar if you get error; sudo apt install unrar)
3) Copy that masm611 folder to Home and rename it as masm.
4) Installing Dosbox
Fire up the terminal and type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dosbox
5) Now open dosbox.
6) And type mount c ~ it will prompt as Drive c is mounted as local directory.
7) c:
8) cd MASM/Disk1
9) Type SETUP.EXE press Enter to continue
10) click on Install the Microsoft Macro Assembler (first option)
11) select second option as MS-DOS/Microsoft windows
12) click on Yes to all fields which prompts.
13) Please select the destination drive: Hard Drive C
14) Keep clicking on Enter till setup of MASM starts
15) Once copying of all files is done, then press ENTER to reach Main Menu and finally
exit setup
16) It will create masm611 folder in home directory.

When Running a Program:

1) Open dosbox
2) type mount c ~
3) c:
4) cd MASM611/BIN
5) pwb.exe
6) click on file and select new file
7) type your program and save it as extension .asm and exit
8) to create object file masm filename.asm
9) press enter to give default filename for object file.
10) Then you must link the object file, for that type link filename.obj and press enter.
11) For run just type filename and press enter.

Asst. Prof. Selvin Furtado Page 1 of 1

Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Eng.