# Running Swift on "Unsupported" Distributions

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/running-swift-on-unsupported-distributions/71741>\
**Category:** Using Swift\
**Tags:** swift5, swiftly\
**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/running-swift-on-unsupported-distributions/71741 "2024-05-09T20:33:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashraf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/ashraf/32/40037_2.png) [@Ashraf](https://forums.swift.org/u/Ashraf)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/running-swift-on-unsupported-distributions/71741/13 "2025-04-05T16:30:31Z")

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Hi @xtremekforever ,  
Hope you're doing well!  
I just wanted to ask you a question:  
Have you ever tried to build the swift compiler repo on Ubuntu ?

I'm facing a problem with building the repo of swift compiler on Ubuntu and getting and linker error.  
you can find more details on my post [here](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-compiler-building-error-after-cloning-the-repo/78627/23).

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