CARGO(1)

NAME

cargo - The Rust package manager

SYNOPSIS

cargo <COMMAND> [<ARGS>...]

DESCRIPTION

This program is a package manager for the Rust language, available at <http://rust-lang.org>.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Display a help message.

-V, --version
    Print version information and exit.

--list
    List all available cargo commands.

--explain CODE
    Run rustc --explain CODE

-v, --verbose
    Use verbose output.

--color
    Configure coloring of output.

COMMANDS

To get extended information about commands, run cargo help <command> or man cargo-command

cargo-build(1)
    Compile the current project.

cargo-clean(1)
    Remove the target directory with build output.

cargo-doc(1)
    Build this project's and its dependencies' documentation.

cargo-init(1)
    Create a new cargo project in the current directory.

cargo-install(1)
    Install a Rust binary.

cargo-new(1)
    Create a new cargo project.

cargo-run(1)
    Build and execute src/main.rs.

cargo-test(1)
    Run the tests for the package.

cargo-bench(1)
    Run the benchmarks for the package.

cargo-update(1)
    Update dependencies in Cargo.lock.

cargo-package(1)
    Generate a source tarball for the current package.

cargo-publish(1)
    Package and upload this project to the registry.

cargo-owner(1)
    Manage the owners of a crate on the registry.

cargo-uninstall(1)
    Remove a Rust binary.

cargo-search(1)
    Search registry for crates.

cargo-version(1)
    Print cargo's version and exit.

FILES

~/.cargo
    Directory in which Cargo stores repository data. Cargo can be instructed to use a .cargo subdirectory in a different location by setting the CARGO_HOME environment variable.

EXAMPLES

Build a local package and all of its dependencies

    $ cargo build

Build a package with optimizations

    $ cargo build --release

Run tests for a cross-compiled target

    $ cargo test --target i686-unknown-linux-gnu

Create a new project that builds an executable

    $ cargo new --bin foobar

Create a project in the current directory

    $ mkdir foo && cd foo
    $ cargo init .

Learn about a command's options and usage

    $ cargo help clean

SEE ALSO

rustc(1), rustdoc(1)

BUGS

See <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues> for issues.

COPYRIGHT

This work is dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and MIT terms. See COPYRIGHT file in the cargo source distribution.