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Binaries
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Unfortunately for now we only provide builds for Windows.
Unfortunately, right now we only provide binaries for Windows. You can download
an installer for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows below.
* 32 bit: `nim-0.13.0_x32.exe <download/nim-0.13.0_x32.exe>`_
* 64 bit: `nim-0.13.0_x64.exe <download/nim-0.13.0_x64.exe>`_
These installers also include Aporia, Nimble and other useful Nim tools to get
you started with Nim development!
Installation based on generated C code
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like systems. Binary packages may be provided later.
Download this:
Firstly, download this archive:
* `nim-0.13.0.tar.xz (3.1MB) <download/nim-0.13.0.tar.xz>`_
Extract the file and follow these instructions:
Extract the archive. Then copy the extracted files into your chosen installation
directory, ideally somewhere in your home directory.
For example: ``~/programs/nim``.
* sh build.sh
Now open a terminal and follow these instructions:
* ``cd`` into your installation directory, for example by executing
``cd ~/programs/nim``.
* run ``sh build.sh``.
* Add ``$your_install_dir/bin`` to your PATH.
After restarting your terminal, you should be able to run ``nim -v``
which should show you the version of Nim you just installed.
There are other ways to install Nim (like using the ``install.sh`` script),
but these tend to cause more problems.
Installation from github
------------------------
Bleeding edge installation from GitHub
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Use the following commands to build the compiler from source.
Change the branch to suit your needs::
`GitHub <http://github.com/nim-lang/nim>`_ is where Nim's development takes
place. You may wish to grab the latest development version of Nim, because
sometimes bug fixes and new features may not have made it to an official
release yet. In those circumstances you are better off grabbing the
current development branch.
git clone -b master git://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git
You will also need to do this if you would like to contribute to Nim.
Before you download the code, open a new terminal and ``cd`` into the
directory where you would like the download to take place.
The following commands can be used to download the current development branch
and then to build it::
git clone git://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git
cd Nim
git clone -b master --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources
git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources
cd csources && sh build.sh
cd ..
bin/nim c koch
./koch boot -d:release
The ``master`` branch always contains the latest stable version of the compiler.
If you want bleeding edge then switch to the ``devel`` branch and follow
the same instructions outlined above.
You should then add the ``./bin`` (make sure to expand this into an
absolute path) directory to your ``PATH``.