Swift Programming Linux Mint 21 Getting Started Guide

Installing

3. 3. Downloading Swift

   Download Swift Release for Linux Mint

   Grab Swift Mint 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