How To Install cargo on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo on Ubuntu.

What is cargo

cargo is:

Cargo is a tool that allows Rust projects to declare their various dependencies, and ensure that you’ll always get a repeatable build.

To accomplish this goal, Cargo does four things:

• Introduces two metadata files with various bits of project information.
• Fetches and builds your project’s dependencies.
• Invokes rustc or another build tool with the correct parameters to build your project.
• Introduces conventions, making working with Rust projects easier.

Cargo downloads your Rust project’s dependencies and compiles your project.

There are three methods to install cargo on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cargo Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cargo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cargo

Install cargo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cargo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cargo

Install cargo Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cargo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cargo

How To Uninstall cargo on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the cargo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cargo

Uninstall cargo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cargo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cargo

Remove cargo Configurations and Data

To remove cargo configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cargo

Remove cargo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cargo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cargo

Dependencies

cargo have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libgcc-s1
• libssh2-1
• libssl3
• zlib1g

References

• cargo website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.