Rust

Required

rustup

Optional

webkit2gtk-4.1 base-devel curl wget file openssl appmenu-gtk-module libappindicator-gtk3 librsvg xdotool

Caution

To setup the rust toolchain for development, it is recommended, to install the rustup package (not the obvious rust one) and then install the toolchain through rustup, in order to be able to install various toolchains, components, etc.

1. Install rustup

2. Install the stable toolchain for now

   rustup install stable

3. Install the rust-analyzer component (LSP)

   rustup component add rust-analyzer-preview

4. Add cargo’s .bin directory to your $PATH

   Nushell

   ~/.config/nushell/user.nu

   use std/util "path add"
   
   path add ($env.CARGO_HOME | path join "bin")

   Xonsh

   ~/.config/xonsh/env.xsh

   $PATH.prepend("~/.cargo/bin")

5. Install cargo-binstall for easier installation of Rust tools, without needing to compile everything

   curl -L --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/main/install-from-binstall-release.sh | bash

6. Restart your shell for the PATH change to take effect

Tip

As I recently tried out Rinf (which uses Flutter for the GUI part), more often than egui (native Rust), I will proceed with the Dart / Flutter chapter.

Dioxus

I’m also trying out Dioxus for GUI.

To setup the prerequisites, just

1. Install Dioxus’s CLI tool

   cargo binstall dioxus-cli

2. Install WebView dependencies / make sure they’re installed

   paru -S --needed webkit2gtk-4.1 base-devel curl wget file openssl appmenu-gtk-module libappindicator-gtk3 librsvg xdotool