How To Install rust on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rust on Rocky Linux 8. rust is The Rust Programming Language

Introduction

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

What is `rust`

Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. This package includes the Rust compiler and documentation generator.

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

Install rust 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 rust using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rust

Install rust 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 rust using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rust

How To Uninstall rust on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rust

rust Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rustc
/usr/bin/rustdoc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/73e66b144323240a61c4833d54dff23400657f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/17b71c8dcd8fbb3cbaca5979c4131468e7bcff
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/bf1207ed4653d013e75aba94442e57bf61905c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/e971e982640c6e82a2a2b99c319101da735cd8
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/fbcdcb6dc085ae0be9c4b7e0f683e613a109d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/cc971e3a253ef39b9b661fd13dfe99416851a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/0626907f9d2a7204a38c30fe92c96d871b58f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/cdcb77441896c0a4bc28c02a343c8f5315165f
/usr/lib/rustlib
/usr/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib
/usr/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libstd-048cf265bdc1540e.so
/usr/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libtest-880dd02e079805cd.so
/usr/lib64/libchalk_derive-e10cdcd5fff5f87f.so
/usr/lib64/librustc_driver-2550309e88394301.so
/usr/lib64/librustc_macros-53be55f7cda88cd6.so
/usr/lib64/libstd-048cf265bdc1540e.so
/usr/lib64/libtest-880dd02e079805cd.so
/usr/lib64/libtracing_attributes-c1a8f781bf9dca51.so
/usr/share/doc/rust
/usr/share/doc/rust/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/rust
/usr/share/licenses/rust/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/rust/LICENSE-APACHE
/usr/share/licenses/rust/LICENSE-MIT
/usr/share/man/man1/rustc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rustdoc.1.gz

References

rust website

Summary

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