This guide will take you through how to install Rust on Debian 11. Rust is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language that emphasizes performance, type safety, and concurrency. It ensures memory safety, which requires that all references point to legitimate memory, without requiring a garbage collector or reference counting, which are needed in other memory-safe languages.
How to Install Rust on Debian 11
- Update your packages.
sudo apt update- Then install dependencies such as curl and build-essentials.
sudo apt install curl build-essential gcc makeSample output
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: binutils binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-10 gcc-10 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan6 libbinutils libc-dev-bin libc-devtools libc6-dev libcc1-0 libcrypt-dev libctf-nobfd0 libctf0 libcurl4 libdpkg-perl libfakeroot libgcc-10-dev libitm1 liblsan0 libnsl-dev libstdc++-10-dev libtirpc-common libtirpc-dev libtirpc3 libtsan0 libubsan1 linux-libc-dev manpages-dev patch Suggested packages: binutils-doc debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-10-multilib gcc-10-doc gcc-multilib autoconf automake libtool flex bison gdb gcc-doc gcc-10-multilib gcc-10-locales glibc-doc git bzr libstdc++-10-doc make-doc ed diffutils-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: binutils binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu build-essential curl dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-10 gcc gcc-10 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan6 libbinutils libc-dev-bin libc-devtools libc6-dev libcc1-0 libcrypt-dev libctf-nobfd0 libctf0 libfakeroot libgcc-10-dev libitm1 liblsan0 libnsl-dev libstdc++-10-dev libtirpc-dev libtsan0 libubsan1 linux-libc-dev make manpages-dev patch The following packages will be upgraded: libcurl4 libdpkg-perl libtirpc-common libtirpc3 4 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded. Need to get 51.4 MB/53.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 197 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
- Install Rust using the following command.
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | shSample output
Current installation options:
default host triple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
default toolchain: stable (default)
profile: default
modify PATH variable: yes
1) Proceed with installation (default)
2) Customize installation
3) Cancel installation
>1
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'
703.5 KiB / 703.5 KiB (100 %) 196.6 KiB/s in 3s ETA: 0s
info: latest update on 2022-08-11, rust version 1.63.0 (4b91a6ea7 2022-08-08)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
6.6 MiB / 6.6 MiB (100 %) 770.9 KiB/s in 8s ETA: 0s
info: downloading component 'clippy'
2.8 MiB / 2.8 MiB (100 %) 698.3 KiB/s in 4s ETA: 0s
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
18.3 MiB / 18.3 MiB (100 %) 907.8 KiB/s in 30s ETA: 0s
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
26.1 MiB / 26.1 MiB (100 %) 844.8 KiB/s in 34s ETA: 0s
info: downloading component 'rustc'
54.3 MiB / 54.3 MiB (100 %) 770.5 KiB/s in 1m 20s ETA: 0s
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
4.1 MiB / 4.1 MiB (100 %) 893.3 KiB/s in 5s ETA: 0s
info: installing component 'cargo'
6.6 MiB / 6.6 MiB (100 %) 5.4 MiB/s in 1s ETA: 0s
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
18.3 MiB / 18.3 MiB (100 %) 1.5 MiB/s in 17s ETA: 0s
info: installing component 'rust-std'
26.1 MiB / 26.1 MiB (100 %) 4.9 MiB/s in 5s ETA: 0s
info: installing component 'rustc'
54.3 MiB / 54.3 MiB (100 %) 9.7 MiB/s in 5s ETA: 0s
info: installing component 'rustfmt'
info: default toolchain set to 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu installed - rustc 1.63.0 (4b91a6ea7 2022-08-08)
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 ($HOME/.cargo/bin).
To configure your current shell, run:
source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
- Activate the Rust environment after the installation using the following commands.
source ~/.profilesource ~/.cargo/env- Add rust compiler to your system.
sudo apt install rustc- Confirm the version of Rust installed.
rustc -VSample Rust application
- Let’s create a directory for the sample rust application.
sudo mkdir ~/rust-demoproject- Next, go to the created directory.
cd ~/rust-demoproject- Then create a sample app.
sudo nano helloearth.rs- Copy the code below and paste it to the file created above. Save(ctrl+s) and close(ctrl+x) the file.
fn main() {
println!("Hello from itnixpro.com");
}- Compile the app created.
rustc helloearth.rs- Run the compiled application using the following command.
./helloearthUpdate Rust on Debian 11
- Update Rust programming language using the command below.
rustup updateUninstall Rust on Debian 11
- Remove Rust from your system using the following command.
rustup self uninstallSample output
Thanks for hacking in Rust! This will uninstall all Rust toolchains and data, and remove $HOME/.cargo/bin from your PATH environment variable. Continue? (y/N) y info: removing rustup home info: removing cargo home info: removing rustup binaries info: rustup is uninstalled
- You have reached the end of our article, we have gone through how to install Rust on Debian 11.
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