Linux

During the beta release, Toucan can be installed on Linux by compiling from source.

Please note that the watch command is not fully supported yet, but this feature will be available on Linux in a future release.

Quick install

Here’s a quick snippet to install Toucan on Linux. Run the following commands, ensuring that Swift 5.10 or later is installed on your machine beforehand.

# clone the repository & install toucan
git clone https://github.com/toucansites/toucan.git
cd toucan
make install
# verify installation
which toucan

That’s it, the toucan command should now be ready to use.

Compile from source

It is possible to install Toucan by compiling it from source.

Prerequisites

Before installing Toucan, ensure Swift 5.10 or a later version is installed on your Linux distribution. Refer to the Swift installation guide on swift.org for detailed instructions on installing Swift.

Installation Steps

Follow these steps to install Toucan.

Clone the Toucan Repository

Open your terminal and run the following command to clone the Toucan repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/toucansites/toucan.git

This command will download the Toucan repository from GitHub to your local machine.

Navigate to the Toucan Directory

Change to the Toucan directory by running:

cd toucan

This will set your current directory to the Toucan project directory.

Build Toucan

Compile Toucan in release mode by executing:

swift build -c release

This command will build the Toucan project, creating the necessary executable files.

Install Toucan

Install the compiled Toucan binary to /usr/local/bin:

install ./.build/release/toucan-cli /usr/local/bin/toucan

This step places the Toucan executable in a directory included in your system’s PATH, making it easy to run.

Verification

To verify that Toucan is installed correctly, run the following command:

which toucan

This should output the path to the toucan executable, confirming that the installation was successful.

# tib@~: which toucan
/usr/local/bin/toucan