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Installation on Windows Installation on Windows
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Install Nim by downloading and running the ``nim_$version.exe`` file. Install Nim by downloading and unzipping the ``nim_$version.zip`` file.
As default, the ``GCC`` compiler is used that is bundled with this installer. Run ``finish.exe`` to detect and setup your MingW environment.
You can change the configuration file ``config/nim.cfg`` to use
another C compiler or change the path to GCC.
Currently, the following C compilers are supported under Windows: Currently, the following C compilers are supported under Windows:

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You can download the latest version of the Nim compiler here. You can download the latest version of the Nim compiler here.
Binaries Windows
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Right now binaries are only provided for Windows. You can download Zips
an installer for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows below. These %%%%
We now encourage you to install via the provided zipfiles:
* | 32 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x32.zip <download/nim-0.15.2_x32.zip>`_
| SHA-256
* | 64 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x64.zip <download/nim-0.15.2_x64.zip>`_
| SHA-256
Unzip these where you want and optionally run ``finish.exe`` to
detect your MingW environment.
Exes
%%%%
You can download an installer for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of
Windows below. Note that these installers have some known issues and
so will unlikely to be provided further in the future. These
installers have everything you need to use Nim, including a C compiler. installers have everything you need to use Nim, including a C compiler.
* | 32 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x32.exe <download/nim-0.15.2_x32.exe>`_ * | 32 bit: `nim-0.15.2_x32.exe <download/nim-0.15.2_x32.exe>`_

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`downloads page <http://nim-lang.org/download.html>`_. `downloads page <http://nim-lang.org/download.html>`_.
This release is a pure bugfix release fixing the most pressing issues and This release is a pure bugfix release fixing the most pressing issues and
regressions of 0.15.0. To see a full list of changes, take a look at the regressions of 0.15.0. For Windows we now provide zipfiles in addition to the
NSIS based installer which proves to be hard to maintain and after all these
months still has serious issues. So we encourage you download the .zip
file instead of the .exe file! Unzip it somewhere, run ``finish.exe`` to
detect your MingW installation, done.
To see a full list of changes, take a look at the
detailed changelog `below <#changelog>`_. detailed changelog `below <#changelog>`_.