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Manage your Rust toolchain using rustup<\/span>
\nGaurav Kamathe<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 06\/22\/2022 – 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rust programming language<\/a> is becoming increasingly popular these days, used and loved by hobbyists and corporations alike. One of the reasons for its popularity is the amazing tooling that Rust provides making it a joy to use for developers. Rustup<\/a> is the official tool used to manage Rust tooling. Not only can it be used to install Rust and keep it updated, it also allows you to seamlessly switch between the stable, beta, and nightly Rust compilers and tooling. This article will introduce you to rustup and some common commands to use.<\/p>\n

Default Rust installation method<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you want to install Rust on Linux, you can use your package manager. On Fedora or CentOS Stream you can use this, for example:<\/p>\n

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$ <\/span>sudo<\/span> dnf install<\/span> rust cargo<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
This provides a stable version of the Rust toolchain, and works great if you are a beginner to Rust and want to try compiling and running simple programs. However, because Rust is a new programming language it changes fast and a lot of new features are frequently added. These features are part of the nightly and later beta version of the Rust toolchain. To try out these features you need to install these newer versions of the toolchain, without affecting the stable version on the system. Unfortunately, your distro\u2019s package manager can\u2019t help you here.<\/p>\n
Installing Rust toolchain using rustup<\/h2>\n
To get around the above issues, you can download an install script:<\/p>\n
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$ curl --proto<\/span> '=https'<\/span> --tlsv1.2 
-sSf<\/span> https:\/\/<\/span>sh.rustup.rs ><\/span> sh.rustup.rs<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
Inspect it, and then run it. It doesn\u2019t require root privileges and installs Rust accordingly to your local user privileges:<\/p>\n
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$ file<\/span> sh.rustup.rs
\nsh.rustup.rs: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable
\n$ less<\/span> sh.rustup.rs
\n$ bash<\/span> sh.rustup.rs<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
Select option 1 when prompted:<\/p>\n
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1<\/span>)<\/span> Proceed with installation (<\/span>default)<\/span>
2<\/span>)<\/span> Customize installation
3<\/span>)<\/span> Cancel installation
><\/span> 1<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
After installation, you must source the environment variables to ensure that the rustup<\/code> command is immediately available for you to use:<\/p>\n
\n$ <\/span>source<\/span> $HOME<\/span>\/<\/span>.cargo\/<\/span>env<\/span><\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n
Verify that the Rust compiler (rustc) and Rust package manager (cargo) are installed:<\/p>\n
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$ rustc --version<\/span>
\n$ cargo --version<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
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See installed and active toolchains<\/h2>\n
You can view the different toolchains that were installed and which one is the active one using the following command:<\/p>\n
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$ <\/span>rustup show<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
Switch between toolchains<\/h2>\n
You can view the default toolchain and change it as required. If you\u2019re currently on a stable toolchain and wish to try out a newly introduced feature that is available in the nightly version you can easily switch to the nightly toolchain:<\/p>\n
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$ rustup default
\n$ rustup default nightly<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
To see the exact path of the compiler and package manager of Rust:<\/p>\n
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$ rustup which<\/span> rustc
\n$ rustup which<\/span> cargo<\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
Checking and Updating the toolchain<\/h2>\n
To check whether a new Rust toolchain is available:<\/p>\n
\n$ <\/span>rustup check<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n
Suppose a new version of Rust is released with some interesting features, and you want to get the latest version of Rust. You can do that with the update<\/code> subcommand:<\/p>\n
\n$ <\/span>rustup update<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n
Help and documentation<\/h2>\n
The above commands are more than sufficient for day-to-day use. Nonetheless, rustup has a variety of commands and you can refer to the help section for additional details:<\/p>\n
\n$ <\/span>rustup --help<\/span><\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n
Rustup has an entire book<\/a> on GitHub that you can use as a reference. All the Rust documentation is installed on your local system, which does not require you to be connected to the Internet. You can access the local documentation which includes the book, standard library, and so on:<\/p>\n
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$ rustup doc
\n$ rustup doc --book<\/span>
\n$ rustup doc --std<\/span>
\n$ rustup doc --cargo<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n
Rust is an exciting language under active development. If you\u2019re interested in where programming is headed, keep up with Rust!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Rustup can be used to install Rust and keep it updated. It also allows you to seamlessly switch between the stable, beta, and nightly Rust compilers and tooling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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