[bug] Nim Compilation Failed. invalid command line option: '--backend'

[chriseomi]

Architecture

x86_64 (Default)

Operating System

Linux

Disk

SSD (Solid)

Memory

256 Gigabytes

CPU Cores

16 CPU Cores

Internet Connection

LAN (RJ45, Local, etc)

What is your web browser?

Firefox/Firefox Fork

Device

Server PC

Where are you from?

United States

What happened?

Step. Fresh install Ubuntu 20.0.4

1. sudo apt install python3-pip
2. pip install faster_than_requests
3. sudo apt install nim
4. python3 example2.py (from the repo \examples folder)

Standard Output Logs

ubuntu@ftr:~$ python3 example2.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "example2.py", line 3, in <module>
    import faster_than_requests as reqs
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/faster_than_requests/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from . faster_than_requests import *
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 914, in _find_spec
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nimporter/nimporter.py", line 253, in <lambda>
    lambda fullname, path, _: nimport(fullname, path, library=False)
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nimporter/nimporter.py", line 217, in nimport
    compile_extension_to_lib(ext)
  File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nimporter/nimporter.py", line 87, in compile_extension_to_lib
    raise CompilationFailedException(stderr)
nimporter.lib.CompilationFailedException: Nim Compilation Failed. Rerun with NIMPORTER_INSTRUMENT for full Nim output: command line(1, 2) Error: invalid command line option: '--backend'

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