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| author | Varriount <Varriount@users.noreply.github.com> | 2015-01-17 19:16:04 -0500 |
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| committer | Varriount <Varriount@users.noreply.github.com> | 2015-01-17 19:16:04 -0500 |
| commit | bc97493102901790155c819d0bcdcab9d7c8ebdf (patch) | |
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| parent | eb929bd61c94fc5acf7e384502706fc41a4df2fd (diff) | |
| download | Nim-bc97493102901790155c819d0bcdcab9d7c8ebdf.tar.gz | |
Revert "Documented faster way to bootstrap-build Nim"
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diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 7790f4a3f..d5968982b 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -29,21 +29,23 @@ To build from source you will need: If you are on a fairly modern *nix system, the following steps should work: -```bash +``` $ git clone git://github.com/Araq/Nim.git $ cd Nim -$ ./build.sh +$ git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources +$ cd csources && sh build.sh +$ cd .. +$ bin/nim c koch +$ ./koch boot -d:release ``` -``./koch install [dir]`` may then be used to install Nim, or you can simply +``koch install [dir]`` may then be used to install Nim, or you can simply add it to your PATH. More ``koch`` related options are documented in [doc/koch.txt](doc/koch.txt). -The above steps can be performed on Windows in a similar fashion, use -``build.bat`` instead of ``build.sh``. Make sure you have mingw and git in -your PATH. If you want to use different compiler, run script and then -manually change `CC` and `LINKER` variables in `csources/build.bat` or -`csources/build64.bat`. +The above steps can be performed on Windows in a similar fashion, the +``build.bat`` and ``build64.bat`` (for x86_64 systems) are provided to be used +instead of ``build.sh``. ## Getting help A [forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org/) is available if you have any |