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Install on Ubuntu

To use Vapor on Ubuntu, you will need Swift 5.1 or greater. This can be installed using the toolchains available on Swift.org

Supported Versions

Vapor supports the same versions of Ubuntu that Swift supports.

Version	Codename
18.04	Bionic Beaver
16.04	Xenial Xerus
14.04	Trusty Tahr

Installation

Visit Swift.org's Using Downloads guide for instructions on how to install Swift on Linux.

Docker

You can also use Swift's official Docker images which come with the compiler preinstalled. Learn more at Swift's Docker Hub.

Install Toolbox

Now that you have Swift installed, let's install the Vapor Toolbox. This CLI tool is not required to use Vapor, but it includes helpful utilities.

On Linux, you will need to build the toolbox from source. View the toolbox's releases on GitHub to find the latest version.

git clone https://github.com/vapor/toolbox.git
cd toolbox
git checkout <desired version>
swift build -c release --disable-sandbox
mv .build/release/vapor /usr/local/bin

Double check the installation was successful by printing help.

vapor --help

You should see a list of available commands.

After you have installed Swift, create your first app in Getting Started → Hello, world.

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