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title: Install Nim on Fedora using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Nim for on Fedora - Nim programming language,
  compiler, and other tools.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/nim-lang/fedora
---

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# Install Nim on **Fedora**

# Nim (nim-lang)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/nim-lang/fedora#install)

#### Nim programming language, compiler, and other tools.

Nim is a compiled, garbage-collected systems programming language with
a design that focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance.

`$ snap install nim-lang --classic`

Includes the complete Nim toolchain:

* **nim-lang.nim** - Nim compiler
* **nim-lang.nimble** - Nim package manager
* nim-lang.nimcsources
* nim-lang.nimfind
* nim-lang.nimgrep
* nim-lang.nimpretty
* nim-lang.nimsuggest
* nim-lang.testament
* nim-lang.nim-gdb

Use the snap alias function to shorten commands for ease of use:

`sudo snap alias nim-lang.nim nim`

You can install nim-lang, nim-lang-nightly, and nim-lang-lts-1 side-by-side with snaps.

Additional Nim resources:

* <https://nim-lang.org/> - Nim Website
* <https://nim-lang.org/learn.html> - Tutorials
* <https://nim-lang.org/documentation.html> - Documentation
* <https://forum.nim-lang.org/> - Forum
* <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim> - Nim GitHub Page
* <https://www.manning.com/books/nim-in-action> - Book from Manning Publications

### Package name

* nim-lang

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 22 April 2021 - latest/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/sirredbeard/nim\_lang\_snap](https://github.com/sirredbeard/nim_lang_snap "https://github.com/sirredbeard/nim_lang_snap")

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## Enable snaps on Fedora and install Nim

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on Fedora from the command line:

```
sudo dnf install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

### Install Nim

To install Nim, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install nim-lang --classic
```

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