install.sh fails to install on correct paths

[dkwolfe4]

Description

choosenim doesn't not support Odroid N2_ SBC (arch: ARM 64) debian apt package is ancient at 1.0.xx

so, build v2.0.2 following instructions on https://nim-lang.org/install_unix.html

assumed that install.sh in nim folder would install him pieces in correct places... sh intall.sh /usr/bin

appears to install correctly but I get the following error when attempting to compile:

dietpi@DietPi:~$ nim c -d:ssl ./downloadAndParse.nim Error: cannot open '/usr/lib/nim/lib/system.nim'

Note extra lib in path... if I can find where it's pulling the path from, it I can probably fix it... however, the install.sh script doesn't seem to be the issue... where is this path being pulled from?

Nim Version

dietpi@DietPi:/usr/lib/nim$ nim -v Nim Compiler Version 2.0.2 [Linux: arm64] Compiled at 2024-01-11 Copyright (c) 2006-2023 by Andreas Rumpf

active boot switches: -d:release

Current Output

dietpi@DietPi:~$ nim c -d:ssl ./downloadAndParse.nim 
Error: cannot open '/usr/lib/nim/lib/system.nim'

Expected Output

No response

Possible Solution

bad path installed somewhere....

Additional Information

No response

[dbrignoli]

This is still an issue.

$ wget https://github.com/nim-lang/nightlies/releases/download/latest-devel/linux_arm64.tar.xz
$ xzcat /linux_arm64.tar.xz | tar x
$ cd nim-2.1.1
$ less install.sh

Relevant snippet from install.sh:

[...]
  case $1 in
    "--help"|"-h"|"help"|"h")
      echo "Nim installation script"
      echo "Usage: [sudo] [env DESTDIR=...] sh install.sh DIR"
      echo "Where DIR may be:"
      echo "  /usr/bin"
      echo "  /usr/local/bin"
      echo "  /opt"
      echo "  <some other dir> (treated similar to '/opt')"
      echo "To deinstall, use the command:"
      echo "sh deinstall.sh DIR"
      exit 1
      ;;
    "/usr/bin")
      bindir=$1
      configdir="/etc/nim"
      libdir="/usr/lib/nim"
      docdir="/usr/share/nim/doc"
      datadir="/usr/share/nim/data"
      nimbleDir="/opt/nimble/pkgs/nim-2.1.1"
      ;;
    "/usr/local/bin")
      bindir=$1
      configdir="/etc/nim"
      libdir="/usr/local/lib/nim"
      docdir="/usr/local/share/nim/doc"
      datadir="/usr/local/share/nim/data"
      nimbleDir="/opt/nimble/pkgs/nim-2.1.1"
      ;;
    "/opt")
      bindir="/opt/nim/bin"
      configdir="/opt/nim/config"
      libdir="/opt/nim/lib"
      docdir="/opt/nim/doc"
      datadir="/opt/nim/data"
      nimbleDir="/opt/nimble/pkgs/nim-2.1.1"
      ;;
    *)
      bindir="$1/nim/bin"
      configdir="$1/nim/config"
      libdir="$1/nim/lib"
      docdir="$1/nim/doc"
      datadir="$1/nim/data"
      nimbleDir="$1/nim"
      ;;
  esac
[...]

in case ./install.sh is executed with /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin, library files end up in /usr/lib/nim and /usr/local/lib/nim respectively but the nim compiler looks for them in /usr/lib/nim/lib and /usr/local/lib/nim/lib respectively which results in the issue reported above.

I currently work around it like so: cd /nim-2.1.1 && ./install.sh /usr/bin && ln -s /usr/lib/nim /usr/lib/nim/lib.