cargo-update

A cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables

Documentation

Manpage

Installation

Firstly, ensure you have CMake, be it from your package manager, or from the download page.

Then proceed as usual:

cargo install cargo-update

Usage

cargo install-update -a - check for newer versions and update all installed packages.

cargo install-update crate1 crate2 ... - check for newer versions and update selected packages, will not install new packages.

For more information and examples see the manpage.

Self-update

cargo-update will update itself seamlessly on Linux and Windows.

On Windows the following strategy is applied:

• Check for old versions, remove them
• Add the current version to the current executable's extension
• Create an empty file in place of the just-renamed file (this way cargo install will "replace" it and not duplicate the entry in .crates.toml)