How To Install cargo-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo-doc on Debian 9.
What is cargo-doc
cargo-doc 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.
This package contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install cargo-doc on Debian 9. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cargo-doc
Install cargo-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cargo-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cargo-doc
Install cargo-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cargo-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cargo-doc
How To Uninstall cargo-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cargo-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cargo-doc
Uninstall cargo-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cargo-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cargo-doc
Remove cargo-doc Configurations and Data
To remove cargo-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cargo-doc
Remove cargo-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cargo-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cargo-doc
Dependencies
cargo-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
