Swift Programming Ubuntu 21.04 Getting Started Guide

Installing

3. 3. Downloading Swift

   Download Swift Release for GNU/Linux

   Grab Swift Ubuntu tar.gz Release

   Swift for Linux

   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:

   

   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:

   

   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:

   

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4. 4. Extracting Swift

   Then Extract Swift into /tmp
   In case Double-Click/Right-Click to Open with Archive Manager:

   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/swift*tar.gz -C /tmp/

   

5. 5. Installing Swift

   Next to Install Swift Platform
   Relocate the Swift stuff with:

   sudo mv /tmp/swift* /opt/swift

   Again Set the SuperUser as Owner:

   chown -R root:root /opt/swift

   And finally, import the GPG Key:

   wget -q -O - https://swift.org/keys/all-keys.asc | sudo gpg --import -

6. 6. Setting Up PATH

   Now Amend the User PATH
   Edit the Bash Configuration File to Append the Binaries into the Working Environment:

   echo 'export PATH=/opt/swift/usr/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc

   ReLoad the PATH simply with:

   bash