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Installation
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Installation on Linux/UNIX
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The GNU C Compiler is fully supported, other compilers may work. The C compiler
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should be in your ``$PATH`` (most likely the case). Note that some few Linux
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distributions do not ship with a GCC compiler preinstalled - then you have to
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install it.
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Install Nim by downloading the appropriate ``.zip`` file and extracting it
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to a directory of your choice. The Nim Compiler will stay in this
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directory (unless you copy it somewhere else). The compiler does not need
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write access to its directory, so copying the nim folder to ``/opt``
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works.
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Then run the following command::
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sh build.sh
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Unlike other software, Nim does not distribute its files over the whole file
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hierarchy. This has the advantage that you can deinstall it by just deleting
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its folder. The disadvantage is that you have to add it to your ``PATH``
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manually. An alternative is to create a symbolic link in ``/usr/bin``::
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[sudo] ln -s $your_install_dir/bin/nim /usr/bin/nim
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There are also ``install.sh`` and ``deinstall.sh`` scripts for distributing
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the files over the UNIX hierarchy. However, updating your Nim installation
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is more cumbersome then.
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Installation on the Macintosh
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Only MacOS X is supported.
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Since MacOS X is UNIX based too, it works like the installation on Linux.
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However, for unknown reasons the symbolic link method does not work on MacOS X.
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You need to install Apple's developer's tools for the GNU Compiler Collection.
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Installation on Windows
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Install Nim by downloading and running the ``nim_$version.exe`` file.
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As default, the ``GCC`` compiler is used that is bundled with this installer.
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You can change the configuration file ``config/nim.cfg`` to use
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another C compiler or change the path to GCC.
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Currently, the following C compilers are supported under Windows:
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- | Microsoft's Visual C++
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| http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc
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| (You need the SDK too - but not the full one: Only
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the win32api header files and import libraries are essential.)
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- | Gnu C Compiler (the mingw version; the cygwin version has not been tested!)
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| http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml
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- | LLVM with Clang or GNU C/C++ frontend
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| http://llvm.org/releases/download.html
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However, most testing is done with GCC.
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Bootstrapping from Github
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Take a look at the readme file on github `here <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim#readme>`_
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for instructions.
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