[Swift 6]: Update installation instructions #840
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| For macOS and Linux, there is a Swjft installation manager called [swiftly][swiftly]. |
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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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Typically you would use the OS package manager on Linux.
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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.
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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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| The command to install swiftly on macOS can be found [here][swiftly-macos], and [bere][swiftly-linux] for linux. | |
| The command to install swiftly on macOS can be found [here][swiftly-macos], and [here][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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| As for Linux, you can install the Tarball from the official [Swift website][tarbell]. | |
| For Linux, you can install using the tarball from the official [Swift website][tarball]. |
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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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| 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. | |
| It is also possible to install Swift using the Scoop package manager or doing a manual installation | |
| For all options, see the [Install Swift for Windows][swift-windows] page. |
| [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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| [tarbell]: https://www.swift.org/install/linux/ | |
| [tarball]: https://www.swift.org/install/linux/ |
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