Install Swift 3: Ubuntu#

Installing Swift 3 on Ubuntu only takes a couple of minutes.

Quick#

Don’t want to type? Run the following script to quickly install Swift 3.0.

curl -sL swift.vapor.sh/ubuntu | bash

Note: The install script adds Swift to your ~/.bashrc profile automatically.

Manual#

Dependencies#

Depending on your version of Ubuntu, you may need some additional tools for the compiler. We’ll err on the safe side and install everything you should need

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clang libicu-dev binutils git libpython2.7-dev libcurl3

Download#

Download the Swift 3 toolchain for your Ubuntu version.

# Ubuntu 14.04
wget https://swift.org/builds/swift-3.0-release/ubuntu1404/swift-3.0-RELEASE/swift-3.0-RELEASE-ubuntu14.04.tar.gz

# Ubuntu 15.10
wget https://swift.org/builds/swift-3.0-release/ubuntu1510/swift-3.0-RELEASE/swift-3.0-RELEASE-ubuntu15.10.tar.gz

Decompress#

After Swift 3 has downloaded, decompress it.

# Ubuntu 14.04
tar zxf swift-3.0-RELEASE-ubuntu14.04.tar.gz

# Ubuntu 15.10
tar zxf swift-3.0-RELEASE-ubuntu15.10.tar.gz

Install#

Move Swift 3.0 to a safe, permanent place on your computer. We’ll use /swift-3.0, but feel free to choose wherever you like.

# Ubuntu 14.04
mv swift-3.0-RELEASE-ubuntu14.04 /swift-3.0

# Ubuntu 15.10
mv swift-3.0-RELEASE-ubuntu15.10 /swift-3.0

Note: You may need to use sudo.

Export#

Edit your bash profile using your text editor of choice.

vim ~/.bashrc

Add the following line:

export PATH=/swift-3.0/usr/bin:"${PATH}"

Note: If you moved Swift 3.0 to a folder other than /swift-3.0, your path will be different.

Check#

Double check the installation was successful by running:

curl -sL check.vapor.sh | bash

Toolbox#

You can now move on to Install Toolbox

Swift.org#

Check out Swift.org’s extensive guides if you need more detailed instructions for installing Swift 3.0.