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Package Details: choosenim 0.8.12-2

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Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/choosenim.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	choosenim
Description:	Installs different versions of Nim compiler and tools and switches between them
Upstream URL:	https://github.com/nim-lang/choosenim
Keywords:	nim
Licenses:	BSD-3-Clause
Conflicts:	nim
Provides:	nim, nimble, nimgrep, nimpretty, nimsuggest
Submitter:	0x647262
Maintainer:	SpotlightKid
Last Packager:	SpotlightKid
Votes:	10
Popularity:	0.009839
First Submitted:	2019-05-15 05:11 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2025-03-25 15:37 (UTC)

Dependencies (5)

curl (curl-git^AUR, curl-c-ares^AUR)
glibc (glibc-git^AUR, glibc-linux4^AUR, glibc-eac^AUR)
git (git-git^AUR, git-gl^AUR) (make)
clang (llvm-git^AUR, clang-minimal-git^AUR, clang17-bin^AUR) (optional) – C/C++ backend
gcc (gcc-git^AUR, gccrs-git^AUR, gcc11^AUR, gcc-snapshot^AUR) (optional) – C/C++ backend

Required by (80)

allay-launcher-git (requires nim) (make)
bestfetch (requires nim) (make)
bestfetch-git (requires nim) (make)
boomer-git (requires nimble) (make)
c2nim (requires nimble) (make)
c2nim (requires nim) (make)
c2nim (requires nim) (optional)
c2nim-git (make)
c2nim-git (requires nim) (optional)
catnap-git (requires nim) (make)
chawan-git (requires nim) (make)
clonk-git (requires nimble) (make)
clonk-git (requires nim) (make)
dmusic (requires nim) (make)
firefox-tridactyl-native (requires nimble) (make)
firefox-tridactyl-native (requires nim) (make)
gnunet-groupchat-git (requires nim) (make)
gnunet-groupchat-git (requires nimble) (make)
goldie-git (requires nimble) (make)
goldie-git (requires nim) (make)
gridmonger-git (requires nim) (make)
happyx (make)
happyx-git (make)
inim-git (requires nimble) (make)
inim-git (requires nim) (make)
kaiso (requires nim) (make)
lq-git (requires nimble) (make)
lq-git (requires nim) (make)
lucem-git (requires nim) (make)
meow-git (requires nim) (make)
moe-nim (requires nim) (make)
moe-nim (requires nimble) (make)
mosdepth (requires nim) (make)
mpcreator-git (requires nim) (make)
muwrap-git (requires nim) (make)
nemini-git (requires nimble) (make)
nemini-git (requires nim) (make)
nfetch-git (requires nimble) (make)
nimdow (make)
nimdow-git (requires nim) (make)
nimlangserver-git (requires nim)
nitch (requires nim) (make)
nitch-git (requires nim) (make)
nitter-git (requires nimble) (make)
nitter-git (requires nim) (make)
npainter-git (requires nim) (make)
pacclean-git (requires nim) (make)
pakku (requires nim) (make)
pakku-git (requires nim) (make)
pax-mc (requires nimble) (make)
pax-mc (requires nim) (make)
pax-mc-git (requires nimble) (make)
pax-mc-git (requires nim) (make)
pmm-git (requires nimble) (make)
pmm-git (requires nim) (make)
powershell-empire (requires nim) (optional)
powershell-empire-git (requires nim) (optional)
projman (requires nim) (make)
rumsfeld-git (requires nimble) (make)
rumsfeld-git (requires nim) (make)
serial2tcp (requires nimble) (make)
serial2tcp (requires nim) (make)
taskopen (requires nim) (make)
taskopen-git (requires nim) (make)
tetronimia (requires nim) (make)
ttop (requires nim) (make)
victor (requires nimble) (make)
vim_cubed-git (requires nimble) (make)
vim_cubed-git (requires nim) (make)
vitable (requires nimble)
vitable (requires nim)
vitable (requires nim) (make)
wait_ex-git (requires nim) (make)
worm (requires nim) (make)
worm (requires nimble) (make)
worm-git (requires nim) (make)
worm-git (requires nimble) (make)
wpspin (requires nimble) (make)
wpspin (requires nim) (make)
ytbgmplayer-git (requires nim) (make)

Sources (3)

Pinned Comments

SpotlightKid commented on 2024-09-22 08:57 (UTC)

This package now is built using the official Nim binary distribution for x86_64, so no previous Nim installation is needed to bootstrap.

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firegem commented on 2025-03-25 14:32 (UTC)

choosenim-execv.patch has an outdated checksum. It's currently 8ffe8c1a63890aeb255d50028b32ab12c0c13ab07efa9d5500f8cc32e4ec85db

SpotlightKid commented on 2025-02-12 21:23 (UTC)

@micwoj92: yes, a) being able to bootstrap a Nim installation without having Nim already installed and b) the version of Nim in extra is currently out-of-date (and almost always has been) and c) it is broken (see the bug reports in the Arch Gitlab).

micwoj92 commented on 2025-02-12 21:18 (UTC)

Hello, is there a reason of using external (non-pacman) nim instead of nim binary?

SpotlightKid commented on 2024-09-22 08:57 (UTC)

This package now is built using the official Nim binary distribution for x86_64, so no previous Nim installation is needed to bootstrap.

SpotlightKid commented on 2024-09-19 10:33 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-19 10:34 (UTC) by SpotlightKid)

No, they have to be added to the Arch Nim installation. That's a task for the extra/nim package maintainer. I'm in the process of putting together a summary of the problems with the package and filing an issue.

xiota commented on 2024-09-19 10:30 (UTC)

Thanks for follow up. Any chance those could be added to this package? Otherwise, it doesn't work in clean chroot.

SpotlightKid commented on 2024-09-19 10:15 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-19 10:21 (UTC) by SpotlightKid)

@xiota: sorry, I thought I had tested this, but I still had Nim 2.0.8 installed by choosenim in my ~/.nimble/bin dir, which I have in the $PATH.

TL;DR: Arch nim package is broken, use https://nim-lang.org/install_unix.html or curl https://nim-lang.org/choosenim/init.sh -sSf | sh to bootstrap the Nim installation for your user and then build and use this package for further updates.

I now tested with extra/nim == 2.0.8-1 and can reproduce the error. Unfortunately, the Arch nim package is broken in several ways. For one, it is missing all the files in the dist directory the official Nim binary distribution contains and installs in the <prefix>/lib/nim` directory. Another problem (which doesn't affect us here, though, I think) is that several nim tools assume that some library files live next to the binaries, which isn't the case in an Arch Linux install, which tries to follow FHS.

Some of these issues have been reported here:

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/nim/-/issues

Some have been reported upstream or are being discussed on the Nim forum, e.g. here:

https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/11723

Unfortunately, the upstream maintainer isn't very sympathetic towards these reports and the underlying issues are getting fixed only very slowly, if at all.

I'll investigate whether it makes sense and is feasible to download a Nim binary build to build this package. I also will try to get the choosenim-bin package updated.

SpotlightKid commented on 2024-09-18 22:52 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-18 22:58 (UTC) by SpotlightKid)

@xiota: works here. which version of Nim are you using to build?

So, if you use the Nim develchannel, i.e. used choosenim devel, make sure you update with choosenim update devel.

xiota commented on 2024-09-18 22:41 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-19 10:28 (UTC) by xiota)

Fails to build. Problem seems to be with extra/nim 2.0.8-1, removal of dist module without updating references?

 Installing nimble@0.14.2
   Building nimble/nimble using c backend
/usr/lib/nim/compiler/nimblecmd.nim(18, 39) Error: cannot open file: ../dist/checksums/src/checksums/sha1

Edit: Add version info.

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