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| author | Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de> | 2016-10-21 12:31:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de> | 2016-10-21 12:31:59 +0200 |
| commit | 6ce462c58a4037dfd33b541cc24333216758c86a (patch) | |
| tree | ae4e30adc8f41471740b78c3ead5556edf825310 /web | |
| parent | b99333f53a480dd242ef39c8b910c88f1f8e039c (diff) | |
| download | Nim-6ce462c58a4037dfd33b541cc24333216758c86a.tar.gz | |
Updated the installation instructions
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| -rw-r--r-- | web/download.rst | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | web/news/e028_version_0_15_2.rst | 8 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/web/download.rst b/web/download.rst index 07fe5828c..c9aaea9fc 100644 --- a/web/download.rst +++ b/web/download.rst @@ -3,11 +3,28 @@ Download the compiler You can download the latest version of the Nim compiler here. -Binaries --------- +Windows +------- -Right now binaries are only provided for Windows. You can download -an installer for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows below. These +Zips +%%%% + +We now encourage you to install via the provided zipfiles: + +* | 32 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x32.zip <download/nim-0.15.2_x32.zip>`_ + | SHA-256 +* | 64 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x64.zip <download/nim-0.15.2_x64.zip>`_ + | SHA-256 + +Unzip these where you want and optionally run ``finish.exe`` to +detect your MingW environment. + +Exes +%%%% + +You can download an installer for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of +Windows below. Note that these installers have some known issues and +so will unlikely to be provided further in the future. These installers have everything you need to use Nim, including a C compiler. * | 32 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x32.exe <download/nim-0.15.2_x32.exe>`_ diff --git a/web/news/e028_version_0_15_2.rst b/web/news/e028_version_0_15_2.rst index 703ffa549..413f850b7 100644 --- a/web/news/e028_version_0_15_2.rst +++ b/web/news/e028_version_0_15_2.rst @@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ As always, you can grab the latest version from the `downloads page <http://nim-lang.org/download.html>`_. This release is a pure bugfix release fixing the most pressing issues and -regressions of 0.15.0. To see a full list of changes, take a look at the +regressions of 0.15.0. For Windows we now provide zipfiles in addition to the +NSIS based installer which proves to be hard to maintain and after all these +months still has serious issues. So we encourage you download the .zip +file instead of the .exe file! Unzip it somewhere, run ``finish.exe`` to +detect your MingW installation, done. + +To see a full list of changes, take a look at the detailed changelog `below <#changelog>`_. |