How to Install and Uninstall nim Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the nim on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nim" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nim on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nim" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nim on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nim package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nim
Version: 1.6.10-2
Installed-Size: 15546
Maintainer: Federico Ceratto
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35), libpcre3, libssl3
Recommends: build-essential, gcc, git
Suggests: nim-doc
Description: Nim programming language - compiler
Description-md5: 1077ec624ad7f485ec20529f4e9db6d8
Homepage: https://nim-lang.org/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nim/nim_1.6.10-2_amd64.deb
Size: 4076564
MD5sum: fab6407a60625b56d23acfc20783c0fb
SHA256: 1861cfaaa3e085fb091a1e0b768a2c0d2ace17796b56964b88326fe3468ac399