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How to install rust language in raspberry pi 4 and ubuntu?

Install the Rust language in the Linux distros.

By •• rust • 4 min read

Installation of Rust in raspberry pi 4 and Ubuntu is a very easy process for all Linux distros. You can install Rust with one single command. So simple, you copy and paste it to your terminal.

Install Rust

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

After you paste the command in a terminal, the rust setup asks one question to start the installation rust in your distro.

rajdeepsingh@rajdeepsingh:/$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
info: downloading installer
Welcome to Rust!
....
Current installation options:
default host triple: aarch64-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

I select default rust installation in raspberry pi 4. so everything is mange by rust lang.

The rust command output

rajdeepsingh@officialrajdeepsingh:/$ 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/rajdeepsingh/.rustup
This can be modified with the RUSTUP_HOME environment variable.
The Cargo home directory located at:
/home/rajdeepsingh/.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/rajdeepsingh/.cargo/bin
This path will then be added to your PATH environment variable by
modifying the profile files located at:
/home/rajdeepsingh/.profile
  /home/rajdeepsingh/.bashrc
You can uninstall at any time with rustup self uninstall and
these changes will be reverted.
Current installation options:
default host triple: aarch64-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 aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
686.2 KiB / 686.2 KiB (100 %) 170.5 KiB/s in  5s ETA:  0s
info: latest update on 2022-02-24, rust version 1.59.0 (9d1b2106e 2022-02-23)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
  5.5 MiB /   5.5 MiB (100 %) 267.0 KiB/s in 23s ETA:  0s
info: downloading component 'clippy'
  2.3 MiB /   2.3 MiB (100 %) 275.9 KiB/s in 11s ETA:  0s
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
 19.3 MiB /  19.3 MiB (100 %) 321.3 KiB/s in 59s ETA:  0s    
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
 31.6 MiB /  31.6 MiB (100 %) 540.1 KiB/s in  1m 38s ETA:  0s    
info: downloading component 'rustc'
 73.1 MiB /  73.1 MiB (100 %) 270.2 KiB/s in  4m 41s ETA:  0s    
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
  3.4 MiB /   3.4 MiB (100 %) 294.1 KiB/s in 13s ETA:  0s
info: installing component 'cargo'
  5.5 MiB /   5.5 MiB (100 %)   5.3 MiB/s in  1s ETA:  0s
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
 19.3 MiB /  19.3 MiB (100 %) 851.2 KiB/s in 38s ETA:  0s
  8 IO-ops /   8 IO-ops (100 %)   5 IOPS in  1s ETA:  0s    
info: installing component 'rust-std'
 31.6 MiB /  31.6 MiB (100 %)   5.1 MiB/s in 25s ETA:  0s
info: installing component 'rustc'
 73.1 MiB /  73.1 MiB (100 %)   4.6 MiB/s in 35s ETA:  0s
  5 IO-ops /   5 IO-ops (100 %)   0 IOPS in  8m  2s ETA: Unknown
info: installing component 'rustfmt'
  1 IO-ops /   1 IO-ops (100 %)   0 IOPS in 10s ETA: Unknown
info: default toolchain set to 'stable-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
stable-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu installed - rustc 1.59.0 (9d1b2106e 2022-02-23)
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

At the End of the step, you just source $HOME/.cargo/env and paste the following command into the terminal. This command help to set up your current shell in your machine. So you can run rust in your current terminal or shell without restarting your machine.

How to delete or uninstall the rust lang?

You can uninstall the Rust with rustup. rustup in in-build command utility in rust lang.

rustup self uninstall

Reference

https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

Conclusion

I hope my article solves your problem. If you have any queries, then ask in the comment section.