C:WINDOWSsystem32>choosenim self update --verbose Downloading Nim 0.7.4 from nim-lang.org
Info: Binary build unavailable, building from source
That's funny, and a bug because it might confuse someone, but it's a misuse of choosenim and should result in --help output and an error. Compare
$ choosenim update self
Updating choosenim
[##################################################] 100.0% 0kb/s
Info: Updated choosenim to version 0.7.4
and
$ choosenim update stable
Updating stable
Info: Already up to date at version 1.4.0
Ooops. Mistyped when getting output for the post.
try the example below
C:\WINDOWS\system32>choosenim update self
Updating choosenim
[# ] 0mb 4kb/s
httpclient.nim(1053) downloadFile
Error: unhandled exception: 404 Not Found [HttpRequestError]
C:\WINDOWS\system32>choosenim update stable
Updating stable
Downloading Nim 1.4.0 from nim-lang.org
[# ] 0mb 0kb/s
Info: Binary build unavailable, building from source
Info: C:\Users\slayc\.choosenim\downloads\nim-1.4.0.tar.xz already downloaded
Extracting nim-1.4.0.tar.xz
Building Nim 1.4.0
Building tools (nimble, nimgrep, nimpretty, nimsuggest)
Exception: Execution failed with exit code 1
etc