cargo-binstall on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "cargo-binstall" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install cargo-binstall on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S cargo-binstall

* (Optional) Uninstall cargo-binstall on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns cargo-binstall

2. Manually Install "cargo-binstall" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone cargo-binstall's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cargo-binstall.git ~/cargo-binstall

c. Go to ~/cargo-binstall folder and install it

$ cd ~/cargo-binstall $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the cargo-binstall package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1123587
Name: cargo-binstall
PackageBaseID: 172806
PackageBase: cargo-binstall
Version: 0.12.0-1
Description: Binary installation for Rust projects
URL: https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: orhun
FirstSubmitted: 1636218250
LastModified: 1659966832
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cargo-binstall.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions