How To Install cargo-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo-doc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo-doc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.