First Rust project using cargo package manager

Last Updated on January 12, 2025 by sandeeppote

If this is the first time you are using Rust you will have to install Rust on your Windows machine.

Check the version of Rust-

rustup --version

Check the version of Rsut compiler

rustc --version

Create a Rust project using Cargo

Cargo is a build and package manager.

For creating a new Rust project using Cargo package manager-

cargo new first_rust_prj

This should create follwoing folder structure with main.rs and Cargo.toml (configuration) file.

You can create a project without using Cargo. Create a src directory and create appropriate Cargo.toml namually. To create toml file use init command

cardo init

Building and Running Cargo project

Build the Cargo project using following command-

cargo build

To compile and run directly from the project folder, use following command-

cargo run

Error compiling the project-

error: linker link.exe not found

So the pre-requisite for windows machine is to have MS C++ build tools. Install the smae from here. It should be around 5 GB.

Now this should run the project –

To check the code without producing an executable use follwoing command-

cargo check

Building for Release

Use following command when project is ready for release-

cargo build --release

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