Install Rust

rustup is the defacto installer and version management tool for Rust.

Rustup Install Script

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

Install output

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

Welcome to Rust!

This will download and install the official compiler for the Rust
programming language, and its package manager, Cargo.

Rustup metadata and toolchains will be installed into the Rustup
home directory, located at:

  /home/practicalli/.rustup

This can be modified with the RUSTUP_HOME environment variable.

The Cargo home directory is located at:

  /home/practicalli/.cargo

This can be modified with the CARGO_HOME environment variable.

The cargo, rustc, rustup and other commands will be added to
Cargo's bin directory, located at:

  /home/practicalli/.cargo/bin

This path will then be added to your PATH environment variable by
modifying the profile files located at:

  /home/practicalli/.profile
  /home/practicalli/.bashrc
  /home/practicalli/.config/zsh/.zshenv

You can uninstall at any time with rustup self uninstall and
these changes will be reverted.

Current installation options:


   default host triple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
     default toolchain: stable (default)
               profile: default
  modify PATH variable: yes

1) Proceed with standard installation (default - just press enter)
2) Customize installation
3) Cancel installation

info: profile set to 'default'
info: default host triple is x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2025-05-15, rust version 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
 19.9 MiB /  19.9 MiB (100 %)  13.6 MiB/s in  1s
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
 29.4 MiB /  29.4 MiB (100 %)  15.2 MiB/s in  2s
info: downloading component 'rustc'
 76.3 MiB /  76.3 MiB (100 %)  14.1 MiB/s in  5s
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
 19.9 MiB /  19.9 MiB (100 %)   5.9 MiB/s in  2s
info: installing component 'rust-std'
 29.4 MiB /  29.4 MiB (100 %)   9.4 MiB/s in  3s
info: installing component 'rustc'
 76.3 MiB /  76.3 MiB (100 %)  10.9 MiB/s in  7s
info: installing component 'rustfmt'
info: default toolchain set to 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'

  stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu installed - rustc 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)


Rust is installed now. Great!

To get started you may need to restart your current shell.
This would reload your PATH environment variable to include
Cargo's bin directory (/home/practicalli/.rust/cargo/bin).

To configure your current shell, you need to source
the corresponding env file under /home/practicalli/.rust/cargo/.

This is usually done by running one of the following (note the leading DOT):
. "/home/practicalli/.rust/cargo/env"            # For sh/bash/zsh/ash/dash/pdksh
source "/home/practicalli/.rust/cargo/env.fish"  # For fish
source $"/home/practicalli/.rust/cargo/env.nu"   # For nushell

Custom install locations

Set RUSTUP_HOME and CARGO_HOME environment variables to use a custom location.

~/.zshrc

# Rust Lang Development tools
export RUSTUP_HOME="${RUSTUP_HOME:=$HOME/.config/rust/rustup}"
export CARGO_HOME="${CARGO_HOME:=$HOME/.config/rust/cargo}"

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

Welcome to Rust!

This will download and install the official compiler for the Rust
programming language, and its package manager, Cargo.

Rustup metadata and toolchains will be installed into the Rustup
home directory, located at:

  /home/practicalli/.config/rust/rustup/

This can be modified with the RUSTUP_HOME environment variable.

The Cargo home directory is located at:

  /home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo/

This can be modified with the CARGO_HOME environment variable.

The cargo, rustc, rustup and other commands will be added to
Cargo's bin directory, located at:

  /home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo/bin

This path will then be added to your PATH environment variable by
modifying the profile files located at:

  /home/practicalli/.profile
  /home/practicalli/.bashrc
  /home/practicalli/.config/zsh/.zshenv

You can uninstall at any time with rustup self uninstall and
these changes will be reverted.

Current installation options:


   default host triple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
     default toolchain: stable (default)
               profile: default
  modify PATH variable: yes

1) Proceed with standard installation (default - just press enter)
2) Customize installation
3) Cancel installation


info: profile set to 'default'
info: default host triple is x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2025-05-15, rust version 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
 19.9 MiB /  19.9 MiB (100 %)  13.6 MiB/s in  1s
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
 29.4 MiB /  29.4 MiB (100 %)  15.2 MiB/s in  2s
info: downloading component 'rustc'
 76.3 MiB /  76.3 MiB (100 %)  14.1 MiB/s in  5s
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
 19.9 MiB /  19.9 MiB (100 %)   5.9 MiB/s in  2s
info: installing component 'rust-std'
 29.4 MiB /  29.4 MiB (100 %)   9.4 MiB/s in  3s
info: installing component 'rustc'
 76.3 MiB /  76.3 MiB (100 %)  10.9 MiB/s in  7s
info: installing component 'rustfmt'
info: default toolchain set to 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'

  stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu installed - rustc 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)


Rust is installed now. Great!

To get started you may need to restart your current shell.
This would reload your PATH environment variable to include
Cargo's bin directory (/home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo/bin).

To configure your current shell, you need to source
the corresponding env file under /home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo.

This is usually done by running one of the following (note the leading DOT):
. "/home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo/env"            # For sh/bash/zsh/ash/dash/pdksh
source "/home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo/env.fish"  # For fish
source $"/home/practicalli/.config/rust/cargo/env.nu"  # For nushell

Confirm Install

cargo --version command in a terminal to test Rust and Cargo installed

Tools

The Rustup script installs several tools

• rust : version 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)
• rustc :
• rustfmt :
• rust-std :
• rust-docs :
• cargo :
• clippy :

Update

rustup update

clangd for faster compilation speed ?