# 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:
    - shell: bash
      run: |
        set -euxo pipefail
        tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
        pushd $tempdir
        curl -o nim.tar.xz https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-${{ inputs.version }}-linux_x64.tar.xz
        tar -xf nim.tar.xz
        pushd nim-${{ inputs.version }}
        ./install.sh /usr/bin
        popd
        cp nim-${{ inputs.version }}/bin/* /usr/bin
        mkdir ./lib && mv /usr/lib/nim/* ./lib && mv ./lib /usr/lib/nim/lib # fixes nim not finding the system lib
        popd
        rm -fr $tempdir