NAME
cargo — The Rust package manager
SYNOPSIS
cargo
[options] command [args]
cargo [options] --version
cargo [options] --list
cargo [options] --help
cargo [options] --explain code
DESCRIPTION
This program is a package manager and build tool for the Rust language, available at <https://rust-lang.org>;.
COMMANDS
Build
Commands
cargo-bench(1)
Execute benchmarks of a package.
cargo-build(1)
Compile a package.
cargo-check(1)
Check a local package and all of its dependencies for
errors.
cargo-clean(1)
Remove artifacts that Cargo has generated in the past.
cargo-doc(1)
Build a package’s documentation.
cargo-fetch(1)
Fetch dependencies of a package from the network.
cargo-fix(1)
Automatically fix lint warnings reported by rustc.
cargo-run(1)
Run a binary or example of the local package.
cargo-rustc(1)
Compile a package, and pass extra options to the
compiler.
cargo-rustdoc(1)
Build a package’s documentation, using specified
custom flags.
cargo-test(1)
Execute unit and integration tests of a package.
Manifest
Commands
cargo-generate-lockfile(1)
Generate Cargo.lock for a project.
cargo-locate-project(1)
Print a JSON representation of a Cargo.toml
file’s location.
cargo-metadata(1)
Output the resolved dependencies of a package in
machine-readable format.
cargo-pkgid(1)
Print a fully qualified package specification.
cargo-tree(1)
Display a tree visualization of a dependency graph.
cargo-update(1)
Update dependencies as recorded in the local lock file.
cargo-vendor(1)
Vendor all dependencies locally.
cargo-verify-project(1)
Check correctness of crate manifest.
Package
Commands
cargo-init(1)
Create a new Cargo package in an existing directory.
cargo-install(1)
Build and install a Rust binary.
cargo-new(1)
Create a new Cargo package.
cargo-search(1)
Search packages in crates.io.
cargo-uninstall(1)
Remove a Rust binary.
Publishing
Commands
cargo-login(1)
Save an API token from the registry locally.
cargo-logout(1)
Remove an API token from the registry locally.
cargo-owner(1)
Manage the owners of a crate on the registry.
cargo-package(1)
Assemble the local package into a distributable tarball.
cargo-publish(1)
Upload a package to the registry.
cargo-yank(1)
Remove a pushed crate from the index.
General
Commands
cargo-help(1)
Display help information about Cargo.
cargo-version(1)
Show version information.
OPTIONS
Special
Options
-V, --version
Print version info and exit. If used with --verbose, prints extra information.
--list
List all installed Cargo subcommands. If used with --verbose, prints extra information.
--explain code
Run rustc --explain CODE which will print out a detailed explanation of an error message (for example, E0004).
Display
Options
-v, --verbose
Use verbose output. May be specified twice for “very verbose” output which includes extra output such as dependency warnings and build script output. May also be specified with the term.verbose config value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>;.
-q, --quiet
Do not print cargo log messages. May also be specified with the term.quiet config value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>;.
--color when
Control when colored output is used. Valid values:
• auto (default): Automatically detect if color support is available on the terminal.
• always: Always display colors.
• never: Never display colors.
May also be specified with the term.color config value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>;.
Manifest
Options
--frozen, --locked
Either of these flags requires that the Cargo.lock file is up-to-date. If the lock file is missing, or it needs to be updated, Cargo will exit with an error. The --frozen flag also prevents Cargo from attempting to access the network to determine if it is out-of-date.
These may be used in environments where you want to assert that the Cargo.lock file is up-to-date (such as a CI build) or want to avoid network access.
--offline
Prevents Cargo from accessing the network for any reason. Without this flag, Cargo will stop with an error if it needs to access the network and the network is not available. With this flag, Cargo will attempt to proceed without the network if possible.
Beware that this may result in different dependency resolution than online mode. Cargo will restrict itself to crates that are downloaded locally, even if there might be a newer version as indicated in the local copy of the index. See the cargo-fetch(1) command to download dependencies before going offline.
May also be specified with the net.offline config value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>;.
Common
Options
+toolchain
If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to cargo begins with +, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain name (such as +stable or +nightly). See the rustup documentation <https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/overrides.html>; for more information about how toolchain overrides work.
--config KEY=VALUE or PATH
Overrides a Cargo configuration value. The argument should be in TOML syntax of KEY=VALUE, or provided as a path to an extra configuration file. This flag may be specified multiple times. See the command-line overrides section <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#command-line-overrides>; for more information.
-C PATH
Changes the current working directory before executing any specified operations. This affects things like where cargo looks by default for the project manifest (Cargo.toml), as well as the directories searched for discovering .cargo/config.toml, for example. This option must appear before the command name, for example cargo -C path/to/my-project build.
This option is only available on the nightly channel <https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/appendix-07-nightly-rust.html>; and requires the -Z unstable-options flag to enable (see #10098 <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10098>;).
-h, --help
Prints help information.
-Z flag
Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run cargo -Z help for details.
ENVIRONMENT
See the reference <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html>; for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
EXIT STATUS
• 0: Cargo succeeded.
• 101: Cargo failed to complete.
FILES
~/.cargo/
Default location for Cargo’s “home”
directory where it stores various files. The location can be
changed with the CARGO_HOME environment variable.
$CARGO_HOME/bin/
Binaries installed by cargo-install(1) will be
located here. If using rustup
<https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/>;, executables
distributed with Rust are also located here.
$CARGO_HOME/config.toml
The global configuration file. See the reference
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>;
for more information about configuration files.
.cargo/config.toml
Cargo automatically searches for a file named
.cargo/config.toml in the current directory, and all
parent directories. These configuration files will be merged
with the global configuration file.
$CARGO_HOME/credentials.toml
Private authentication information for logging in to a
registry.
$CARGO_HOME/registry/
This directory contains cached downloads of the registry
index and any downloaded dependencies.
$CARGO_HOME/git/
This directory contains cached downloads of git
dependencies.
Please note that the internal structure of the $CARGO_HOME directory is not stable yet and may be subject to change.
EXAMPLES
1. Build a local package and all of its dependencies:
cargo build
2. Build a package with optimizations:
cargo build --release
3. Run tests for a cross-compiled target:
cargo test --target i686-unknown-linux-gnu
4. Create a new package that builds an executable:
cargo new foobar
5. Create a package in the current directory:
mkdir foo
&& cd foo
cargo init .
6. Learn about a command’s options and usage:
cargo help clean
BUGS
See <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues>; for issues.