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Download the compiler
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You can download the latest version of the Nim compiler here.
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**Note:** The Nim compiler requires a C compiler to compile software. On
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Windows we recommend that you use
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`Mingw-w64 <http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/>`_. GCC is recommended on Linux
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and Clang on Mac.
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Binaries
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Unfortunately, right now we only provide binaries for Windows. You can download
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an installer for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows below.
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* | 32 bit: `nim-0.14.2_x32.exe <download/nim-0.14.2_x32.exe>`_
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| SHA-256 ca2de37759006d95db98732083a6fab20151bb9819186af2fa29d41884df78c9
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* | 64 bit: `nim-0.14.2_x64.exe <download/nim-0.14.2_x64.exe>`_
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| SHA-256 1fec054d3a5f54c0a67a40db615bb9ecb1d56413b19e324244110713bd4337d1
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These installers also include Aporia, Nimble and other useful Nim tools to get
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you started with Nim development!
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Installation based on generated C code
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This installation method is the preferred way for Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unix
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like systems. Binary packages may be provided later.
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Firstly, download this archive:
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* | `nim-0.14.2.tar.xz (4.5MB) <download/nim-0.14.2.tar.xz>`_
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| SHA-256 8f8d38d70ed57164795fc55e19de4c11488fcd31dbe42094e44a92a23e3f5e92
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Extract the archive. Then copy the extracted files into your chosen installation
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directory, ideally somewhere in your home directory.
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For example: ``~/programs/nim``.
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Now open a terminal and follow these instructions:
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* ``cd`` into your installation directory, for example by executing
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``cd ~/programs/nim``.
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* run ``sh build.sh``.
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* Add ``$your_install_dir/bin`` to your PATH.
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After restarting your terminal, you should be able to run ``nim -v``
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which should show you the version of Nim you just installed.
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There are other ways to install Nim (like using the ``install.sh`` script),
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but these tend to cause more problems.
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Bleeding edge installation from GitHub
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`GitHub <http://github.com/nim-lang/nim>`_ is where Nim's development takes
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place. You may wish to grab the latest development version of Nim, because
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sometimes bug fixes and new features may not have made it to an official
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release yet. In those circumstances you are better off grabbing the
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current development branch.
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You will also need to do this if you would like to contribute to Nim.
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Before you download the code, open a new terminal and ``cd`` into the
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directory where you would like the download to take place.
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The following commands can be used to download the current development branch
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and then to build it::
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git clone git://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git
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cd Nim
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git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources
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cd csources && sh build.sh
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cd ..
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bin/nim c koch
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./koch boot -d:release
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You should then add the ``./bin`` (make sure to expand this into an
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absolute path) directory to your ``PATH``.
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Docker Hub
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The `official Docker images <https://hub.docker.com/r/nimlang/nim/>`_
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are published Docker Hub and include the compiler and Nimble. There are images
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for standalone scripts as well as Nimble packages.
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Get the latest stable image::
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docker pull nimlang/nim
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The latest development version::
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docker pull nimlang/nim:devel
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