How To Install cargo on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo on Rocky Linux 8. cargo is Rust’s package manager and build tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `cargo`

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

We can use yum or dnf to install cargo on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cargo.

Install cargo on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cargo

Install cargo on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install cargo

How To Uninstall cargo on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cargo

cargo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/cargo
/usr/bin/cargo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/f28517ff83a1e118d3be185040849d1521c297
/usr/share/cargo
/usr/share/cargo/registry
/usr/share/doc/cargo
/usr/share/doc/cargo/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cargo
/usr/share/licenses/cargo/LICENSE-APACHE
/usr/share/licenses/cargo/LICENSE-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/cargo/LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-bench.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-build.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-check.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-clean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-doc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-fetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-fix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-generate-lockfile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-locate-project.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-login.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-metadata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-new.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-owner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-package.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-pkgid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-publish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-rustc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-rustdoc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-search.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-test.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-tree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-uninstall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-vendor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-verify-project.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-version.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo-yank.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cargo.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_cargo

References

cargo website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.