docs/book/src/rust_analyzer_binary.md
Text editors require the rust-analyzer binary to be in
$PATH. You can download pre-built binaries from the
releases page.
You will need to uncompress and rename the binary for your platform,
e.g. from rust-analyzer-aarch64-apple-darwin.gz on Mac OS to
rust-analyzer, make it executable, then move it into a directory in
your $PATH.
On Linux to install the rust-analyzer binary into ~/.local/bin,
these commands should work:
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
curl -L https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/releases/latest/download/rust-analyzer-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.gz | gunzip -c - > ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer
Make sure that ~/.local/bin is listed in the $PATH variable and use
the appropriate URL if you’re not on a x86-64 system.
You don’t have to use ~/.local/bin, any other path like ~/.cargo/bin
or /usr/local/bin will work just as well.
Alternatively, you can install it from source using the command below. You’ll need the latest stable version of the Rust toolchain.
git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer.git && cd rust-analyzer
cargo xtask install --server
If your editor can’t find the binary even though the binary is on your
$PATH, the likely explanation is that it doesn’t see the same $PATH
as the shell, see this
issue. On Unix,
running the editor from a shell or changing the .desktop file to set
the environment should help.
rust-analyzer is available in rustup:
rustup component add rust-analyzer
The rust-analyzer binary can be installed from the repos or AUR (Arch
User Repository):
rust-analyzer
(built from latest tagged source)
rust-analyzer-git
(latest Git version)
Install it with pacman, for example:
pacman -S rust-analyzer
rust-analyzer is installed when the rust-analyzer use flag is set for dev-lang/rust or dev-lang/rust-bin. You also need to set the rust-src use flag.
The rust-analyzer binary can be installed via
Homebrew.
brew install rust-analyzer
It is recommended to install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable prior to installation. Download links can be found here.