Import github packages without IDE

Using Swift
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#1

I have to audit a swift project, but I'm not an Apple user. After some problems with the swift package for Ubuntu I compiled swift for debian 9 and it works.

As a Linux user I work under the assumption that Linux is the IDE, hence I use simple text editors to write software.

Now I want to write a simple main(), but include a project from github. Unfortunately I can not find any reference how to import github projects properly. afaik, xcode and similar systems automate that but that is not an option in my case.

So I would like to know, what to do exactly. Thanks

#2

Assuming you have a swift toolchain installed:

$ cd /tmp/example
$ swift package init --type executable --name mycommand

...and then edit Package.swift

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#3

This is the domain of the Swift Package Manager. The documentation is here.

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#4

I have osne that and I see the file that defines packages. But how do I update that file exactly (where is this documented)?

#5

At that point the docs pointed to by Cory would be most helpful, especially this page.

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#6

thanks for the fast reply...

#7

Looks like this does not work in any case:

// swift-tools-version:5.2
// The swift-tools-version declares the minimum version of Swift required to build this package.

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
name: "xxxaudit",
dependencies: [
// Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on.
.package(url: "https://github.com/xxx", from: "0.0.0"),
],
targets: [
// Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
// Targets can depend on other targets in this package, and on products in packages which this package depends on.
.target(
name: "xxxaudit",
dependencies: ),
.testTarget(
name: "xxxauditTests",
dependencies: ["xxxaudit"]),
]
)

https://github.com/xxx @ 0.0.5: error: https://github.com/xxx has no Package.swift manifest for version 0.0.5

Unfortunately I can not say which github project I'm referring too. Hope this makes sense anyways.

#8

The Github repo that you are adding as a dependency has to also be a Swift Package. Is it? e.g. Does it have a Package.swift file in its root? (not that that in itself makes a package, but if it is a package it will have a file like that at its root.)

I assume that the GitHub repo is in the Swift language?

#9

Its swift yes. But no it has no Package.swift. It has:

project.yml
cartfile
.podspec
gemfile

#10

That looks like a Carthage package to me.

I'm not that familiar with Carthage, but I suspect it requires Xcode. The Carthage docs may help you....

Or, you could contact the authors of the package and see if they are willing/able to make it available as a Swift Package Manager package.

#11

Ok so the question is how to import Carthage projects in general OS swift projects?

#12

Looking at the docs (linked below), it seems that Carthage is designed to be used with Xcode projects only, so that would limit them to working on macOS.