How to Install and Uninstall nim Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "nim" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nim on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nim on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: nim
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17.2-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ximin Luo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11236
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.0.0
Recommends: gcc, git
Suggests: nim-doc
Filename: pool/universe/n/nim/nim_0.17.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 2564368
MD5sum: 44f62fcc1d0519df003f258b07c23658
SHA1: a872f8f4cd2cc5a5ec2ac60cc80c68deeae952a9
SHA256: 7b2493cf8b77fca0a892589a09718e1818f4bda5cbbeddc9299ec40246d38d35
Homepage: http://nim-lang.org/
Description: Nim programming language - compiler
Description-md5: 1077ec624ad7f485ec20529f4e9db6d8