{"id":4386,"date":"2021-08-26T06:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iachieved.it\/iachievedit\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2021-08-26T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:04:30","slug":"swift-on-linux-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.iachieved.it\/iachievedit\/swift-on-linux-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Swift on Linux In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been nearly 6 years since Apple first open sourced the Swift language<\/a> and brought it to Linux. In that time we’ve seen the rise (and sometimes fall) of server-side frameworks such as Zewo<\/a>, Kitura<\/a>, and Vapor<\/a> as well as porting Swift to SBC devices<\/a> such as the Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone.<\/p>\n

I recently checked in with some folks in the Swift ARM community to find out if there was an easy way to install the latest version of Swift on Ubuntu. FutureJones<\/a> pointed me to a Debian-based repository he’s been working on at Swiftlang.xyz<\/a>. A nicely put together repo, Swiftlang.xyz supports multiple flavors of Debian and Ubuntu OSes as well as<\/i> both x86 and ARM architectures! I’ve installed Swift 5.4 and the upcoming 5.6 release with great success.<\/p>\n

Using https:\/\/swiftlang.xyz\/public\/ is a piece of cake with an installer script to configure your apt<\/code> repository list automatically. arkansas<\/code> below is an Ubuntu VM running on Apple Silicon with Parallels.<\/p>\n

Type curl -s https:\/\/swiftlang.xyz\/install.sh | sudo bash<\/code> to get started.<\/p>\n

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I want to use Swift 5.6 so I’ll select option 2 which will include the dev<\/code> repository in my apt<\/code> sources.<\/p>\n

root@arkansas:~# cat \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/swiftlang-release.list\ndeb https:\/\/archive.swiftlang.xyz\/ubuntu\/ hirsute main dev\ndeb https:\/\/swiftlang.xyz\/ubuntu\/ hirsute main dev<\/pre>\n
Now it’s time to install Swift through the provided swiftlang<\/code> package.  apt-get install swiftlang<\/code> is all it takes.<\/p>\n
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Once installed let’s kick the tires a bit.  First, typing swift<\/code> in the terminal will bring up the REPL:<\/p>\n
root@arkansas:~# swift\nWelcome to Swift version 5.6-dev (LLVM ba0b85f590c1ba2, Swift d18133629449a50).\nType :help for assistance.\n  1><\/pre>\n
To really test things out let’s hit a REST API and destructure the response.  For this we’ll use ReqRes<\/a> and just grab a user with GET https:\/\/reqres.in\/api\/users\/2<\/code>.<\/p>\n
{\"data\":{\"id\":2,\"email\":\"janet.weaver@reqres.in\",\"first_name\":\"Janet\",\"last_name\":\"Weaver\",\"avatar\":\"https:\/\/reqres.in\/img\/faces\/2-image.jpg\"},\"support\":{\"url\":\"https:\/\/reqres.in\/#support-heading\",\"text\":\"To keep ReqRes free, contributions towards server costs are appreciated!\"}}<\/pre>\n
And now, some code!<\/p>\n
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