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Expand Up @@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ RUN bash -c 'for binary in /usr/bin/*-18; do \
ln -s "${binary}" "/usr/local/bin/${binary_name::-3}"; \
done'

# Install Swift nightly
ENV SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR="/opt/swift" \
SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR="/opt/swift/bin" \
SWIFTLY_TOOLCHAINS_DIR="/opt/swift/toolchains" \
PATH="/opt/swift/bin:${PATH}"

RUN ${CURL_DOWNLOAD} --remote-name https://download.swift.org/swiftly/linux/swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz && \
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@clopez clopez Oct 31, 2025

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swift doesn't provide builds for arm32 neither official support.

# wget https://download.swift.org/swiftly/linux/swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz
--2025-10-31 16:05:22--  https://download.swift.org/swiftly/linux/swiftly-armv8l.tar.gz
[...]
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2025-10-31 16:05:23 ERROR 404: Not Found.

But fortunately seems there is community effort to support it.

Check this fork https://github.com/swift-embedded-linux/armhf-debian
it provides binaries ready to use for debian and ubuntu at https://github.com/swift-embedded-linux/armhf-debian/releases (click on show all assets)

This was found via: https://medium.com/@jesselzamora/running-swift-on-32-bit-raspberry-pis-b3307ce713ba

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This is just the start - at the moment we cannot even compile WebKit on amd64 🤣 good that you found the arm32 stuff

tar zxf swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz && \
./swiftly init --no-modify-profile --quiet-shell-followup && \
rm -f swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz

# Fix Qt6 system packages - missing symlinks in the Ubuntu-provided packages.
RUN export QT_VERSION=$(qmake6 -query QT_VERSION) && \
for directory in /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt6/*; do \
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# Clang toolchain (current version: 18)
clang-18 clangd-18 clang-format-18 clang-tidy-18 lld-18 lldb-18 libstdc++-14-dev

# Swift toolchain
gnupg2 libcurl4-openssl-dev libz3-dev
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