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| author | Araq <rumpf_a@web.de> | 2016-09-28 23:39:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Araq <rumpf_a@web.de> | 2016-09-28 23:39:56 +0200 |
| commit | ae0e5604f4d643488b668a82f2eec90f2b2d4e4c (patch) | |
| tree | e14cde6c1a044d78da333467327afed5d46dba68 | |
| parent | b8325181d171e30bba0ac394ab095fd3f81584e3 (diff) | |
| download | Nim-ae0e5604f4d643488b668a82f2eec90f2b2d4e4c.tar.gz | |
more documentation knows about the new install_tools.nims script
| -rw-r--r-- | install.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | readme.md | 8 |
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diff --git a/install.txt b/install.txt index 67be2221b..833fbf0fb 100644 --- a/install.txt +++ b/install.txt @@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ There are also ``install.sh`` and ``deinstall.sh`` scripts for distributing the files over the UNIX hierarchy. However, updating your Nim installation is more cumbersome then. +To complete the installation you should also build Nim's tools like +``nimsuggest``, ``nimble`` or ``nimgrep`` via:: + + nim e install_tools.nims + +Note that these tools should also end up in your ``PATH`` so adding +``$your_install_dir/bin/nim`` to your ``PATH`` is preferred over the symlink +solution. + Installation on the Macintosh ----------------------------- diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 204b51906..01061bfa2 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ instead of ``build.sh``. The ``koch`` tool is the Nim build tool, more ``koch`` related options are documented in [doc/koch.rst](doc/koch.rst). +To complete the installation you should also build Nim's tools like +``nimsuggest``, ``nimble`` or ``nimgrep``: + +``` +nim e install_tools.nims +``` + + ## Nimble [Nimble](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble) is Nim's package manager. For the source based installations where you added Nim's ``bin`` directory to your PATH |