Installing Rust with rustup

Install rustup

Rust's recommended installer is rustup. It manages compilers and standard tools.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Reload your shell

After install, restart the terminal or source the env file so cargo is on PATH.

source $HOME/.cargo/env

Check the tools

You should see version output for both the compiler and package manager.

rustc --version
cargo --version

Update later

• Run rustup update to get new stable releases
• Use rustup default stable for everyday learning
• Windows users can follow the rustup instructions at rust-lang.org
• rustup can also install clippy and rustfmt components