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It would be a better experience if there was a dependency check for libpcre.so library during nimlangserver installation otherwise it can lead to errors later on.
In the case of vscode, it can lead to mysterious/silent failure which is not obvious to diagnose since one isn't expected to run nimlangserver on its own and therefore the error could not load: libpcre.so(.3|.1|) is never shown directly to the user and the VSCode plugin just mysteriously fails activation.
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I've also opened a PR in the VS code extension, so the error message is shown: nim-lang/vscode-nim#44
Of course, we can also add dependency checks to the nimble file as well. Or do other things to ensure the dependencies are installed as well.
It would be a better experience if there was a dependency check for libpcre.so library during nimlangserver installation otherwise it can lead to errors later on.
This issue relates to #84 as well as as nim-lang/vscode-nim#43.
In the case of vscode, it can lead to mysterious/silent failure which is not obvious to diagnose since one isn't expected to run
nimlangserver
on its own and therefore the errorcould not load: libpcre.so(.3|.1|)
is never shown directly to the user and the VSCode plugin just mysteriously fails activation.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: