How To Install nim on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nim on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nim
nim is:
Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language that generates native code via compilation to C. It provides a non-tracing GC, high level datatypes and local type inference, and bindings to a lot of C libraries.
There are three methods to install nim on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nim
Install nim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nim
Install nim Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nim
How To Uninstall nim on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nim
Uninstall nim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nim
Remove nim Configurations and Data
To remove nim configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nim
Remove nim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nim
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nim package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
