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1109 :: Linux installation not setting up

• nubb (orginal) [2015-04-08T03:48:26+02:00] view original

  I'm following the isntructions for installing Nim(rod) onto linux. I then followed this site which showed to do this:

  $ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$your_install_dir/bin' >> ~/.profile

  then to:

  $ source ~/.profile

  then to: $ nim

  typing "nim" in the terminal doesn't do anything. I have a Nim folder in my home directory with all the files but can't use it. I did echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$/home/bob/Nim/bin' >> ~/.profile

  and the nim command still does nothing. Am I not doing it right? the command pwd told me /home/bob/Nim when I was in the Nim folder.

  I tried running nim with sh in Nim/bin and did ./nim -path:/home/bob/Nim/bin

  and it said:

  config/nim.cfg(45, 2) Hint: added path: '/home/bob/.babel/pkgs/' [Path] config/nim.cfg(46, 2) Hint: added path: '/home/bob/.nimble/pkgs/' [Path] Hint: used config file '/home/bob/Nim/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]

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• jboy (orginal) [2015-04-08T06:30:54+02:00] view original

  Hi @nubb, great that you're trying out Nim! :)

  I'm trying to understand exactly what problems you're encountering. Could you help me by answering these questions:

  1. What did you expect to happen (but hasn't happened)?
  2. What is the URL of the site with these installation instructions?
  3. How experienced are you with Linux? Do you know what ~/.profile means? Do you know what $PATH means?
  4. When you ran that command echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$your_install_dir/bin' >> ~/.profile, had you already set the value of the shell variable $your_install_dir beforehand? The single quotes (') after echo would mean that $your_install_dir/bin would not be expanded to anything useful.
  5. What specifically was the output when you ran the nim command the first time? Could you copy-paste it in your response?

  When you post the output in your reply, could you format it using three backticks (the backwards single-quote) on the lines before and after the command output? This makes it much easier to read the output and understand what you're describing.

  There is more information about the formatting options at this Nim forum formatting syntax cheat sheet.

  Thanks!

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• Jehan (orginal) [2015-04-08T07:47:27+02:00] view original

  I don't know if it's a typo, but the second dollar sign in export PATH=$PATH:$/home/bob/Nim/bin shouldn't be there.

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