Does cargo install have an equivalent update command?
There is no such command in vanilla cargo
(well, there's cargo install
but that's for dependencies), but since cargo
supports third-party subcommands there is an answer: the cargo-update
crate.
Install as usual with cargo install cargo-update
, then use cargo install-update -a
to update all installed packages, for more usage information and examples see the cargo install-update
manpage.
Disclaimer: am author
A solution I've found is to add the --force
flag to the install command. For example cargo install --force clippy
. This will effectively re-install the latest version.
As of Rust 1.41.0, you can use the following command to update crates to their latest version:
cargo install <crate>
This came from pull request #6798 (Add install-upgrade) and was stabilized in #7560 (Stabilize install-upgrade).
How does it work?
Instead of failing when cargo install
detects a package is already installed, it will upgrade if the versions don't match, or do nothing (exit 0) if it is considered "up-to-date".
Forcing an upgrade / re-installation
The following command will always uninstall, download and compile the latest version of the crate - even if there's no newer version available. Under normal circumstances the install-upgrade
feature should be preferred as it does save time and bandwidth if there's no new version of the crate.
cargo install --force <crate>
Documentation
Further information can be found in the GitHub issue rust-lang/cargo#6797 and in the official documentation chapter.