# Path Swift

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/path-swift/279>\
**Category:** Compiler\
**Created:** [December 7, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/path-swift/279 "2015-12-07T19:19:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pierre90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@Pierre90](https://forums.swift.org/u/Pierre90)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/path-swift/279/1 "2015-12-07T19:19:25Z")

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Where I add path of Swift?  
I must create a configuration file or I type the follow line:  
$ export PATH=/path/to/usr/bin:"${PATH}"

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**Author:** ![Mish\_Awadah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mish\_Awadah](https://forums.swift.org/u/Mish_Awadah)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/path-swift/279/2 "2015-12-07T19:32:04Z")

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Instead of “/path/to/usr/bin” in the line below, replace it with the actual path to the swift /usr/bin directory that you unpacked from the tarball.

- mish

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> > On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Piero Sabino via swift-dev \<swift-dev@swift.org\> wrote:
> > 
> > Where I add path of Swift?  
> > I must create a configuration file or I type the follow line:  
> > $ export PATH=/path/to/usr/bin:"${PATH}"
> > 
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> > swift-dev@swift.org  
> > [https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev](https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev)