Rust

The Rust toolchain is needed for building tools and development for most projects.

Windows

Download the installer from https://rustup.rs/ and run it with the default option, which installs to C:\Users\<username>\.cargo

Linux

Run the following command and use the default options

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

Open ~/.bashrc and add the following line if it is not already there

# Rust
. $HOME/.cargo/env

Extensions

WARNING

Restart the shell to load the environment

Install these cargo extensions, which are used by some of my projects (and are generally useful)

cargo install cargo-binstall cargo-info cargo-watch cargo-expand cargo-get cargo-edit

Utilities

These are simple rust-based utilities that are useful, but not required

cargo install eza bat du-dust

Package	Description	Link
eza	ls but better	https://github.com/eza-community/eza
bat	cat with wings	https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
du-dust	Replacement for du	https://github.com/bootandy/dust

I typically replace ls with eza, and use bat/dust directly. The dotbin setup will automatically use eza for the ls shim if found. On Linux, you can add the following to .bashrc:

alias ls="eza"