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| # Installing Swift | ||||||||
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| Swift is available on macOS, Linux, and Windows. | ||||||||
| The installation process varies depending on the operating system you are using. | ||||||||
| Important to note with Linux support is that Swift is only (offically) supported on the following distributions: | ||||||||
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| If you are using a different distribution of Linux, you will have to find a way to install Swift yourself. | ||||||||
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| ## Xcode (macOS) | ||||||||
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| Swift is included with Xcode, Apple's IDE for macOS and iOS development. | ||||||||
| For the exercism track you will need to have Xcode version 16.0 or greater installed. | ||||||||
| Xcode is available for free on the [Mac App Store][xcode]. | ||||||||
| Additional versions of Xcode (including the most recent beta) are available at [Apple's developer center][apple-developer-center]. | ||||||||
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| ## macOS & Linux | ||||||||
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| For macOS and Linux, there is a Swift installation manager called [swiftly][swiftly]. | ||||||||
| It is a command line tool that allows you to install and manage multiple versions of Swift on your system. | ||||||||
| The command to install swiftly on macOS can be found [here][swiftly-macos], and [bere][swiftly-linux] for linux. | ||||||||
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| Other installation methods for macOS is [Homebrew][homebrew]. | ||||||||
| As for Linux, you can install the Tarball from the official [Swift website][tarbell]. | ||||||||
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There was a problem hiding this comment. Typically you would use the OS package manager on Linux. There was a problem hiding this comment. That would be true, but the Swift package is quite hard to find. I use Arch and Ubuntu. It isn't in the Ubuntu packages and on arch it can only be found with an aur, and then it is a repackaged fedora binary. The easiest if you run on a supported platform which is listed, is just to use Swiftly. There was a problem hiding this comment.
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| ## Windows | ||||||||
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| The recommended way to install Swift on Windows is to use the [WinGet installer][winget-windows]. | ||||||||
| But it is also possible to install Swift using the Scoop package manager or doing a manual installation, for all the options available, check the [Install Swift for Windows][swift-windows] page. | ||||||||
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| [xcode]: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/ | ||||||||
| [apple-developer-center]: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/ | ||||||||
| [swiftly]: https://github.com/swiftlang/swiftly | ||||||||
| [swiftly-macos]: https://www.swift.org/install/macos/swiftly/ | ||||||||
| [swiftly-linux]: https://www.swift.org/install/linux/swiftly/ | ||||||||
| [homebrew]: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/swift#default | ||||||||
| [tarbell]: https://www.swift.org/install/linux/ | ||||||||
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| [winget-windows]: https://www.swift.org/install/windows/winget/ | ||||||||
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