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diff --git a/roles/nim/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nim/defaults/main.yml
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+nim_version: 1.6.6
diff --git a/roles/nim/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nim/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: create nim installation directory
+  file:
+    path: '{{ nim_install_dir }}'
+    state: directory
+
+- name: extract nim tarball
+  unarchive:
+    src: '{{ nim_url }}'
+    remote_src: yes
+    dest: '{{ nim_install_dir }}'
+    extra_opts:
+      - '--strip-components=1'
diff --git a/roles/nim/vars/main.yml b/roles/nim/vars/main.yml
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+nim_url: https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-{{ nim_version }}-linux_x64.tar.xz
+nim_install_dir: /usr/local/share/nim