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2928 :: New here. can't seem to get the installer to work.

• who885 (orginal) [2017-04-23T19:50:22+02:00] view original

  So, the installer isn't really working for me. It just opens and closes. Would really like to play around in nim so I was wondering if there are any alternative ways to install nim.

  edit------ I might just be stupid. does this come with its own compiler? or do i need to use a separately installed one?

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• hcorion (orginal) [2017-04-24T00:50:29+02:00] view original

  What OS?

  Nim is a compiler, but it compiles to C/C++/JS, so assuming you want to compile for native targets you'll need a C compiler as well.

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• who885 (orginal) [2017-04-24T02:52:56+02:00] view original

  i'm on windows. and some people on reddit gave me a bit of help. using git i was trying to install the compiler(https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/#compiling). but then i found out that my bin is empty so bin/nim c koch doesnt exist. and then i tried to use the ide but it doesn't seem to have an exe so i can't run it.

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• flyx (orginal) [2017-04-24T10:44:01+02:00] view original

  You have to give us some information to work with. For example, what C compiler are you using? And what's the output of the sh build.sh command when building from source? Since bin/nim doesn't exist afterwards, this is probably the problem, and the output most probably gives you the reason why it fails.

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• who885 (orginal) [2017-04-24T20:40:38+02:00] view original

  for thoes willing to help heres my post on reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/nim/comments/673ijr/help_installing_nim/..... ill post my error messages here too. https://gyazo.com/bf697a6b19d36c279e8c290847d5488f. im using minGW compiler. heres another message of what happens whenever i try to compile in nim"https://gyazo.com/6858e29eb61484961589b95b7ce92b46 ".

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• Stefan_Salewski (orginal) [2017-04-24T21:12:14+02:00] view original

  I guess you know it very well: One of your posted error messages show, that Nim and gcc do not agree on target architecture, so maybe you have installed Nim 64 and gcc 32 bit or vice versa? Generally it is a good idea to use the same for both.

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• who885 (orginal) [2017-04-24T23:05:34+02:00] view original

  y'know what. your correct. i am using min 32. i was pretty sure i downloaded the 64 version. i'll get back to you once i change it out.

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• who885 (orginal) [2017-04-24T23:27:13+02:00] view original

  ugh im an again an idiot. i didnt realize i had a 32 mingw and a 64 bit nim.....thank you @stefan_salewski

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