Ask HN: Installing Swift on ubuntu for newbie
Hi, so I don't have money for a mac but I installed ubuntu 14.04 and was wandering if there is a tutorial out there on how to install it on this system. Thanks
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Generally speaking Swift is not available anywhere except Apple's proprietary platforms. [1]
[1] http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/242952/can-sw...
[1] http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/242952/can-sw...
You can't.
To be frank. Even if it were possible I think it'd be above your head. You don't install a programming language.
Well, actually you do. Only work to work with one, is to install it (or have it installed already).
You might argue that that's a "compiler" that you install, but:
a) a programming language is a purely theoritical concept without a compiler
b) for some languages language+compiler is one and the same. Either they don't have a spec, or there's only one compiler. Swift is such a case.
You might argue that that's a "compiler" that you install, but:
a) a programming language is a purely theoritical concept without a compiler
b) for some languages language+compiler is one and the same. Either they don't have a spec, or there's only one compiler. Swift is such a case.
On Ubuntu if I wanted to install Haskell, I would type:
sudo apt-get install ghc