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cargo-install --- Build and install a Rust binary
cargo install
[options] crate[@version]...cargo install
[options] --path
pathcargo install
[options] --git
url [crate...]cargo install
[options] --list
This command manages Cargo‘s local set of installed binary crates. Only packages which have executable [[bin]]
or [[example]]
targets can be installed, and all executables are installed into the installation root’s bin
folder. By default only binaries, not examples, are installed.
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There are multiple sources from which a crate can be installed. The default source location is crates.io but the --git
, --path
, and --registry
flags can change this source. If the source contains more than one package (such as crates.io or a git repository with multiple crates) the crate argument is required to indicate which crate should be installed.
Crates from crates.io can optionally specify the version they wish to install via the --version
flags, and similarly packages from git repositories can optionally specify the branch, tag, or revision that should be installed. If a crate has multiple binaries, the --bin
argument can selectively install only one of them, and if you'd rather install examples the --example
argument can be used as well.
If the package is already installed, Cargo will reinstall it if the installed version does not appear to be up-to-date. If any of the following values change, then Cargo will reinstall the package:
--profile
).--target
).Installing with --path
will always build and install, unless there are conflicting binaries from another package. The --force
flag may be used to force Cargo to always reinstall the package.
If the source is crates.io or --git
then by default the crate will be built in a temporary target directory. To avoid this, the target directory can be specified by setting the CARGO_TARGET_DIR
environment variable to a relative path. In particular, this can be useful for caching build artifacts on continuous integration systems.
By default, the Cargo.lock
file that is included with the package will be ignored. This means that Cargo will recompute which versions of dependencies to use, possibly using newer versions that have been released since the package was published. The --locked
flag can be used to force Cargo to use the packaged Cargo.lock
file if it is available. This may be useful for ensuring reproducible builds, to use the exact same set of dependencies that were available when the package was published. It may also be useful if a newer version of a dependency is published that no longer builds on your system, or has other problems. The downside to using --locked
is that you will not receive any fixes or updates to any dependency. Note that Cargo did not start publishing Cargo.lock
files until version 1.37, which means packages published with prior versions will not have a Cargo.lock
file available.
This command operates on system or user level, not project level. This means that the local configuration discovery is ignored. Instead, the configuration discovery begins at $CARGO_HOME/config.toml
. If the package is installed with --path $PATH
, the local configuration will be used, beginning discovery at $PATH/.cargo/config.toml
.
{{#option “--vers
version” “--version
version” }} Specify a version to install. This may be a version requirement, like ~1.2
, to have Cargo select the newest version from the given requirement. If the version does not have a requirement operator (such as ^
or ~
), then it must be in the form MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, and will install exactly that version; it is not treated as a caret requirement like Cargo dependencies are. {{/option}}
{{#option “--git
url” }} Git URL to install the specified crate from. {{/option}}
{{#option “--branch
branch” }} Branch to use when installing from git. {{/option}}
{{#option “--tag
tag” }} Tag to use when installing from git. {{/option}}
{{#option “--rev
sha” }} Specific commit to use when installing from git. {{/option}}
{{#option “--path
path” }} Filesystem path to local crate to install from. {{/option}}
{{#option “--list
” }} List all installed packages and their versions. {{/option}}
{{#option “-f
” “--force
” }} Force overwriting existing crates or binaries. This can be used if a package has installed a binary with the same name as another package. This is also useful if something has changed on the system that you want to rebuild with, such as a newer version of rustc
. {{/option}}
{{#option “--no-track
” }} By default, Cargo keeps track of the installed packages with a metadata file stored in the installation root directory. This flag tells Cargo not to use or create that file. With this flag, Cargo will refuse to overwrite any existing files unless the --force
flag is used. This also disables Cargo's ability to protect against multiple concurrent invocations of Cargo installing at the same time. {{/option}}
{{#option “--bin
name...” }} Install only the specified binary. {{/option}}
{{#option “--bins
” }} Install all binaries. This is the default behavior. {{/option}}
{{#option “--example
name...” }} Install only the specified example. {{/option}}
{{#option “--examples
” }} Install all examples. {{/option}}
{{#option “--root
dir” }} Directory to install packages into. {{/option}}
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{{> options-index }}
{{/options}}
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{{> options-target-dir }}
{{#option “--debug
” }} Build with the dev
profile instead of the release
profile. See also the --profile
option for choosing a specific profile by name. {{/option}}
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{{> options-ignore-rust-version }}
{{> options-timings }}
{{/options}}
{} {{> options-locked }} {{/options}}
{} {{> options-jobs }} {{> options-keep-going }} {{/options}}
{{> options-message-format }}
{{/options}}
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Install or upgrade a package from crates.io:
cargo install ripgrep
Install or reinstall the package in the current directory:
cargo install --path .
View the list of installed packages:
cargo install --list
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