chore(ci): use system nim everywhere

To fix windows build issues due to very long paths by
nimbus-build-system

- points status-go to bring in
status-im/status-go#7185
- updates mac,windows host install scripts to include nim
- updates linux dockerfile to install nim
- updates linux docker image tag to use newer image

Author: siddarthkay

ci/Dockerfile

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ARG QT_VERSION="6.9.2"
 ARG QT_MODULES="qtwebchannel qtwebview qtwebsockets qt5compat qtmultimedia qtwebengine qtpositioning qtserialport qtshadertools qtimageformats qtscxml qthttpserver"
 ARG LINUXDEPLOYQT_VERSION="20250615-0393b84"
 ARG PCSCLITE_VERSION="2.2.3"
+ARG NIM_VERSION="2.2.4"
 
 # QT Installation Image --------------------------------------------------------
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 AS qt-install
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ RUN cp builddir/pcsclite.h src/PCSC
 # Build Image ------------------------------------------------------------------
 FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
-ARG QT_VERSION LINUXDEPLOYQT_VERSION PCSCLITE_VERSION
+ARG QT_VERSION LINUXDEPLOYQT_VERSION PCSCLITE_VERSION NIM_VERSION
 
 # Adapted from a12e/docker-qt by Aurélien Brooke
 
@@ -170,6 +171,24 @@ RUN curl -s https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-2.24.11/install | sh -s -- --no-d
 # for nix-shell to work
 ENV PATH="/home/jenkins/.nix-profile/bin:${PATH}"
 
+# Install Nim using choosenim
+RUN curl https://nim-lang.org/choosenim/init.sh -sSf | sh -s -- -y \
+ && /home/jenkins/.nimble/bin/choosenim ${NIM_VERSION}
+ENV PATH="/home/jenkins/.nimble/bin:${PATH}"
+
+# Switch to root to create system-wide symlinks for Nim tools
+USER root
+
+# Create symlinks for Nim tools
+RUN ln -sf /home/jenkins/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-${NIM_VERSION}/bin/nim /usr/local/bin/nim \
+ && ln -sf /home/jenkins/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-${NIM_VERSION}/bin/nimble /usr/local/bin/nimble \
+ && ln -sf /home/jenkins/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-${NIM_VERSION}/bin/choosenim /usr/local/bin/choosenim \
+ && chmod 755 /home/jenkins/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-${NIM_VERSION}/bin/* \
+ && chown -R root:root /home/jenkins/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-${NIM_VERSION}/bin
+
+# Switch back to jenkins user
+USER jenkins
+
 LABEL maintainer="[email protected]"
 LABEL source="https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop"
 LABEL description="Build image for the Status Desktop client written in Nim."

ci/Jenkinsfile.linux

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pipeline {
     /* Image with Ubuntu 22.04 and QT 6.9.2 */
     docker {
       label 'linuxcontainer'
-      image 'harbor.status.im/status-im/status-desktop-build:1.0.5-qt6.9.2'
+      image 'harbor.status.im/status-im/status-desktop-build:1.0.6-qt6.9.2'
       /* allows jenkins use cat and mounts '/dev/fuse' for linuxdeployqt */
       args '--entrypoint="" ' +
            '--cap-add=SYS_ADMIN ' +

ci/Jenkinsfile.tests-nim

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pipeline {
   agent {
     docker {
       label 'linuxcontainer'
-      image 'harbor.status.im/status-im/status-desktop-build:1.0.5-qt6.9.2'
+      image 'harbor.status.im/status-im/status-desktop-build:1.0.6-qt6.9.2'
     }
   }
 

scripts/macos_build_setup.sh

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function check_version {
 
 function install_build_dependencies {
   echo "Install build dependencies"
-  brew install pkg-config libtool jq node@22 yarn protoc-gen-go aqtinstall xcbeautify
+  brew install pkg-config libtool jq node@22 yarn protoc-gen-go aqtinstall xcbeautify nim
 }
 
 function install_qt {

scripts/windows_build_setup.ps1

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function Install-Dependencies {
     scoop install --global `
         7zip git dos2unix findutils `
         wget rcedit inno-setup `
+        nim mingw-winlibs `
         make gcc openssl-lts
 }