# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
name: 'setup nim'
description: 'set up nim using the official binaries'
inputs:
  version:
    description: 'nim version to install'
    default: "2.0.4"

runs:
  using: "composite"
  steps:
    - run: curl -o nim.tar.xz https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-${{ inputs.version }}-linux_x64.tar.xz
    - run: tar -xf nim.tar.xz
    - run: cd nim-${{ inputs.version }} && ./install /usr/bin
      shell: bash
    - run: cp nim-${{ inputs.version }}/bin/* /usr/bin
      shell: bash
    - run: mkdir ./lib && mv /usr/lib/nim/* ./lib && mv ./lib /usr/lib/nim/lib # fixes nim not finding the system lib
      shell: bash
    - run: rm -fr nim.tar.gz nim-${{ inputs.version }}