How to Install and Uninstall nim Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 05,2024

1. Install "nim" package

This is a short guide on how to install nim on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall nim on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nim
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nim package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nim
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 5124
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ximin Luo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.12.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nim/nim_0.12.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1226530
MD5sum: 9bd9d3c9b0d7287eac6a85afce4fdddd
SHA1: b07b8a3b59f0cde7cef3272398d8b0acc88e9f77
SHA256: e8dd34fa419091c62a4df426379c8e89d5c767e74bca6667be7c15134d46560c
Description-en: Nim programming language - compiler
Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language that generates
native code via compilation to C. It provides a non-tracing GC, high level
datatypes and local type inference, and bindings to a lot of C libraries.
Description-md5: 1077ec624ad7f485ec20529f4e9db6d8
Homepage: http://nim-lang.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu