Szathmáry László honlapja @ DEIK | Nim2 / Installation under FreeBSD and MacOS

FreeBSD

Under FreeBSD 15, nimble is not bundled with the nim package but it's available as a separate package. Install these two:

# pkg install nim
# pkg install nimble

Then, extend your PATH:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/nim/bin:$HOME/.nimble/bin

With nimble I couldn't update itself (nimble install nimble failed). However, I could install other packages, e.g. nimble install inim worked.

MacOS

I've never had a Mac, so I couldn't try it, but a friend of mine (thanks Zoli) sent me some screenshots and the procedure is very similar to the other operating systems.

$ brew install nim

$ nim -v
Nim Compiler Version 2.2.10 [MacOSX: arm64]
...

$ nimble -v
nimble v0.22.2 compiled at 2026-04-24 03:34:24
...

$ which nim
/opt/homebrew/bin/nim

$ which nimble
/opt/homebrew/bin/nimble

Add ~/.nimble/bin to your PATH.

With nimble, you can install other packages. Example:

$ nimble install inim