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Chapter 1. Rust Toolset

Rust Toolset is a Red Hat offering for developers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It provides the rustc compiler for the Rust programming language, the Rust package manager Cargo, the rustfmt formatting tool, and required libraries.

Rust Toolset is available as a module for RHEL 8 and as packages for RHEL 9 and 10.

1.1. Rust Toolset components
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The following components are available as part of Rust Toolset:

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NameVersionDescription

rust

1.84.1

The Rust compiler front-end for LLVM.

cargo

1.84.1

A build system and dependency manager for Rust.

rustfmt

1.84.1

A tool for automatic formatting of Rust code.

1.2. Rust Toolset compatibility
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Rust Toolset is available for {RHEL] on the following architectures:

  • AMD and Intel 64-bit
  • 64-bit ARM
  • IBM Power Systems, Little Endian
  • 64-bit IBM Z

1.3. Installing Rust Toolset
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Complete the following steps to install Rust Toolset including all development and debugging tools and dependent packages. Note that Rust Toolset has a dependency on LLVM Toolset.

Prerequisites

  • All available Red Hat Enterprise Linux updates are installed.

Procedure

  • Install Rust Toolset:

    • On RHEL 8, enter: 

      # yum module install rust-toolset
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    • On RHEL 9 and 10, enter: 

      # dnf install rust-toolset
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1.4. Installing Rust documentation
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The Rust Programming Language book is available as installable documentation.

Procedure

  • Install the rust-doc package:

    • On RHEL 8, enter: 

      # yum install rust-doc
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    • On RHEL 9 and 10, enter: 

      # dnf install rust-doc
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Verification

  • Use a browser that is installed on the same host to display the documentation:

    • The Rust Programming Language book: /usr/share/doc/rust/html/index.html
    • The API documentation for all Rust code packages: /usr/share/doc/rust/html/std/index.html

1.5. Installing Cargo documentation
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The Cargo, Rust’s Package Manager book is available as installable documentation for Cargo.

Procedure

  • Install the cargo-doc package:

    • On RHEL 8, enter: 

      # yum install cargo-doc
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    • On RHEL 9 and 10, enter: 

      # dnf install cargo-doc
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Verification

  • Open /usr/share/doc/cargo/html/index.html in a browser that is installed on the same host.
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