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8181 :: Setting up Nim Dev environment in Visual Studio on M1 Mac (with macOS Big Sur)

• ranedk (orginal) [2021-07-01T17:06:47+02:00] view original

  Install Nim

  Assuming that xcode is installed on your machine already. choosenim doesn't currently support M1 Mac. So you will need to build it.

  git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nim.git nim
  git clone -q --depth 1 https://github.com/nim-lang/csources_v1.git csources
  cd csources
  sh build.sh
  cp bin/nim ../nim/bin/nim
  cd ../nim
  bin/nim c --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg koch
  ./koch boot -d:release --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg
  
  # To install all tools (for IDE etc)*
  ./koch tools
  Run

  Put the nim directory somewhere safe (e.g. $HOME/bin) and add it in the PATH (in your .zshrc or .bashrc)

  e.g. export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin/Nim/bin:$HOME/bin/Nim:$HOME/.nimble/bin

  Install Visual Code

  Install Visual studio code for Mac, the Apple Silicon Version

  Install the following plugins:

  1. Nim Nimsaem plugin
  2. Code LLDB Vadimcn plugin

  To make builds and debugging run get the vscode file from https

  Pain points

  LLDB is not in python path

  Check by starting python3 console and import lldb. If it doesn't work, update PYTHONPATH (in your zshrc or bashrc) with:

  export PYTHONPATH="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/llvm/12.0.0_1/libexec/python3.9/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"

  If you know the right (or better) place to pick up python lldb package, put that in your PYTHONPATH

  Start lldb shell from the base folder, on lldb prompt, type: command script import ./.vscode/lldbnim.py If it works, lldb with Nim is good to go.

  Try putting a break point and "Run and Debug" > "Nimble debugger".

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