Rust in Termux – Installation & Basic Commands

Rust is a powerful and memory-safe programming language used for systems programming, tools, and high-performance applications. Termux lets you install Rust easily so you can write, compile, and run Rust programs directly on your Android device. Below are the installation steps and the basic commands you need.

Installation

Update Termux packages:

pkg update && pkg upgrade -y

pkg update && pkg upgrade -y

Install Rust using rustup:

pkg install rust -y

pkg install rust -y

Check Rust version:

rustc --version

rustc --version

Check Cargo version:

cargo --version

cargo --version

Create a new Rust file:

nano hello.rs

nano hello.rs

Add this code:

fn main() {
    println!("Hello Termux!");
}

fn main() {
    println!("Hello Termux!");
}

Compile the program:

rustc hello.rs

rustc hello.rs

Run it:

./hello

./hello

Basic Commands

Run a Rust file directly (without compiling):

cargo run

cargo run

Create a new Cargo project:

cargo new projectname

cargo new projectname

Build a Cargo project:

cargo build

cargo build

Build for release:

cargo build --release

cargo build --release

Update Rust and Cargo:

rustup update

rustup update

Uninstall Rust:

pkg uninstall rust

pkg uninstall rust