swift-linux

# Swift Installation Guide for Debian Linux This document provides instructions for installing Swift on Debian 12 (Bookworm). > This setup is intended for non-UI development tasks on Swift on Linux. > On Windows, run these Debian commands inside WSL2 or a Linux container. For native Windows Swift, use the Windows toolchain from Swift.org instead. ## Prerequisites Before installing Swift, you need to install the required dependencies for your system. You can find the most up-to-date list of dependencies for your specific Linux distribution and version at the [Swift.org tarball installation guide](https://www.swift.org/install/linux/tarball/). FOR EXAMPLE, the dependencies you may need to install for Debian 12 could be: ```bash sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y \ binutils-gold \ gcc \ git \ libcurl4-openssl-dev \ libedit-dev \ libicu-dev \ libncurses-dev \ libpython3-dev \ libsqlite3-dev \ libxml2-dev \ pkg-config \ tzdata \ uuid-dev ``` ## Download and Install Swift 1. Find the latest Swift version for Debian: Go to the [Swift.org download page](https://www.swift.org/download/) to find the latest Swift version compatible with Debian 12 (Bookworm). Look for a tarball named something like `swift-<VERSION>-RELEASE-debian12.tar.gz` (e.g., `swift-6.0.3-RELEASE-debian12.tar.gz`). The URL pattern is typically: ``` https://download.swift.org/swift-<VERSION>-release/debian12/swift-<VERSION>-RELEASE/swift-<VERSION>-RELEASE-debian12.tar.gz ``` Where `<VERSION>` is the Swift version number (e.g., `6.0.3`). 2. Download the Swift binary for Debian 12: ```bash cd /workspace wget https://download.swift.org/swift-6.0.3-release/debian12/swift-6.0.3-RELEASE/swift-6.0.3-RELEASE-debian12.tar.gz ``` 3. Extract the archive: > **Note**: Make sure to install Swift in the `/workspace` directory, but outside the git repository to avoid committing the Swift binaries. 4. Add Swift to your PATH by adding the following line to your `~/.bashrc` file: ```bash echo 'export PATH=/workspace/swift-6.0.3-RELEASE-debian12/usr/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc ``` > **Note**: Make sure to update the version number in the PATH to match the version you downloaded. ## Verify Installation Verify that Swift is correctly installed by running: ```bash swift --version ```