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I would really love to see some docs on how to actually install and get started with Cargo. It doesn't ship with Rust and the docs on GitHub and crates.io are

by jpgvm 12y ago

I would really love to see some docs on how to actually install and get started with Cargo. It doesn't ship with Rust and the docs on GitHub and crates.io are not very enlightening.

wunki 12y ago
This was how I installed it (Mac): 1) Install latest version of Rust found here: http://www.rust-lang.org 2) git clone --recursive git@github.com:rust-lang/cargo.git 3) make 4) make install (could be that sudo is needed for you)
- buster 12y ago
  I'm putting rust in $HOME/bin (and other self compiled software). You can change the default installation from /usr/local by running DESTDIR=$HOME make install
- btd 12y ago
  There is no brew formula?
  - aroch 12y ago
    For rust? There is...cargo not so much aroch:~/staging/|⇒ brew info rust rust: stable 0.10 (bottled), HEAD http://www.rust-lang.org/ http://www.rust-lang.org/ /usr/local/Cellar/rust/0.10 (74 files, 174M) * Poured from bottle From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/rust.rb https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/commits/master/Library/... aroch:~/staging/|⇒ brew info cargo Error: No available formula for cargo
  - sigzero 12y ago
    Rust has a brew package. Cargo is new so it may be a day or three before it gets out there too.
    - cevn 12y ago
      Hmm, well, rust's brew seems a little outdated (0.10), so if you are intent on using Cargo soon, I would recommend on building rust yourself or grabbing a new binary from their website.
      - sanderjd 12y ago
        There is a homebrew-cask of Rust's nightly binary. I think this should work: brew tap caskroom/cask brew install brew-cask brew tap caskroom/versions brew cask install rust-nightly
        kolev 12y ago
        Stuff being either in Cask or Homebrew is just terrible. Homebrew also has a versions tap. Those two projects should combine efforts and remove ambiguity.
        sanderjd 12y ago
        I 100% agree with you. It took me like an hour to figure out where I thought it made sense to put rust-nightly, and I'm still not really sure I did it right. But it works and is way better than the morning compilation cronjob I used to use.
        kolev 12y ago
        I agree, it works, but we need to keep pressing those guys... or contribute. Cask still doesn't have reinstall/upgrade. As far as I know, Homebrew can't upgrade packages with head versions, and, worst pain of all - Homebrew doesn't support Yosemite or any unreleased OS X version. Being a tool for developers primarily, all the above are must-haves!
steveklabnik 12y ago
Yesterday started my contract with Mozilla to write documentation. Today, I'm starting on re-writing the tutorial: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/15131 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/15131 (apparently, bors is a bit backed up) The new tutorial will be based around 'real' Rust development, and so will assume Cargo. That said, http://crates.io/ http://crates.io/ should have install instructions on the site. I'll open a ticket and get on that.
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by jpgvm 12y ago

I would really love to see some docs on how to actually install and get started with Cargo. It doesn't ship with Rust and the docs on GitHub and crates.io are not very enlightening.

wunki 12y ago

This was how I installed it (Mac): 1) Install latest version of Rust found here: http://www.rust-lang.org 2) git clone --recursive git@github.com:rust-lang/cargo.git 3) make 4) make install (could be that sudo is needed for you)

buster 12y ago
I'm putting rust in $HOME/bin (and other self compiled software). You can change the default installation from /usr/local by running DESTDIR=$HOME make install
btd 12y ago
There is no brew formula?
- aroch 12y ago
  For rust? There is...cargo not so much aroch:~/staging/|⇒ brew info rust rust: stable 0.10 (bottled), HEAD http://www.rust-lang.org/ http://www.rust-lang.org/ /usr/local/Cellar/rust/0.10 (74 files, 174M) * Poured from bottle From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/rust.rb https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/commits/master/Library/... aroch:~/staging/|⇒ brew info cargo Error: No available formula for cargo
- sigzero 12y ago
  Rust has a brew package. Cargo is new so it may be a day or three before it gets out there too.
  - cevn 12y ago
    Hmm, well, rust's brew seems a little outdated (0.10), so if you are intent on using Cargo soon, I would recommend on building rust yourself or grabbing a new binary from their website.
    - sanderjd 12y ago
      There is a homebrew-cask of Rust's nightly binary. I think this should work: brew tap caskroom/cask brew install brew-cask brew tap caskroom/versions brew cask install rust-nightly
      - kolev 12y ago
        Stuff being either in Cask or Homebrew is just terrible. Homebrew also has a versions tap. Those two projects should combine efforts and remove ambiguity.
        sanderjd 12y ago
        I 100% agree with you. It took me like an hour to figure out where I thought it made sense to put rust-nightly, and I'm still not really sure I did it right. But it works and is way better than the morning compilation cronjob I used to use.
        kolev 12y ago
        I agree, it works, but we need to keep pressing those guys... or contribute. Cask still doesn't have reinstall/upgrade. As far as I know, Homebrew can't upgrade packages with head versions, and, worst pain of all - Homebrew doesn't support Yosemite or any unreleased OS X version. Being a tool for developers primarily, all the above are must-haves!

steveklabnik 12y ago

Yesterday started my contract with Mozilla to write documentation. Today, I'm starting on re-writing the tutorial: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/15131 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/15131 (apparently, bors is a bit backed up) The new tutorial will be based around 'real' Rust development, and so will assume Cargo. That said, http://crates.io/ http://crates.io/ should have install instructions on the site. I'll open a ticket and get on that.

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