How to Install Rust on Rocky Linux 10

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Rust is a modern systems programming language focused on speed, memory safety, and parallelism. It’s ideal for performance-critical applications and guarantees memory safety without a garbage collector.

Prerequisites

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• A system running Rocky Linux 10
• At least 2 GB of RAM
• Root or sudo access

Update Your System

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Ensure your system is up to date before installing any new packages:

sudo dnf update -y
sudo dnf upgrade -y

Install Required Development Tools

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Rust depends on certain build tools and libraries. Install them using:

sudo dnf install cmake gcc make curl clang -y

Enable the EPEL Repository

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Some dependencies may require EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux):

sudo dnf install epel-release -y

Install Rust Using rustup

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Rust provides an official installer script called rustup, which manages versions and toolchains.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

You’ll see a welcome prompt. Press 1 to proceed with the default installation.

Load the environment changes:

source $HOME/.cargo/env

To make the path permanent for all sessions:

echo 'source $HOME/.cargo/env' >> ~/.bashrc

Verify the Rust Installation

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Check the installed version of the Rust compiler:

rustc --version

Output:

[root@vps ~]# rustc --version
rustc 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)

Compile and Run Your First Rust Program

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Create a Workspace

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mkdir -p ~/rustprojects/helloworld
cd ~/rustprojects/helloworld

Create a Rust File

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nano hello.rs

Paste the following code:

fn main() {
    println!("Congratulations! Rust is installed and running.");
}

Compile the Program

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rustc hello.rs

Run the Output Binary

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./hello

Output:

Congratulations! Rust is installed and running.

Updating Rust

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Rust updates frequently with performance improvements and new features. To update:

rustup update

Example:

[root@vps helloworld]# rustup update
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: checking for self-update

  stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu unchanged - rustc 1.87.0 (17067e9ac 2025-05-09)

Conclusion

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You have successfully installed Rust on Rocky Linux 10, compiled your first program, and verified the toolchain. You're now ready to start building fast and safe applications with Rust.

Pro Tip: To create and manage full projects with dependency management, use cargo new project_name and cargo build.