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diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index d5968982b..7790f4a3f 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -29,23 +29,21 @@ 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 -$ git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources -$ cd csources && sh build.sh -$ cd .. -$ bin/nim c koch -$ ./koch boot -d:release +$ ./build.sh ``` -``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, the -``build.bat`` and ``build64.bat`` (for x86_64 systems) are provided to be used -instead of ``build.sh``. +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`. ## Getting help A [forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org/) is available if you have any |