So as the https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rust#Installation says, I'm going to install rustup to write start writing some programs in Rust.

But I checked that when I use  paru today I saw this:

:: Looking for devel upgrades...
:: Resolving dependencies...

:: There are 2 providers available for cargo:
:: Repository extra:
    1) rust  2) rustup
Enter a number (default=1):

I'm assuming that paru is just trying to update himself, and therefore it's trying to install cargo, since now I only have one AUR package that doesn't use cargo. But I imagine that cargo is only going being installed temporally as a dependency for updating paru[If I make the installation of course], since it's written in Rust and I still don't have any rust compiler or cargo installed by pacman, as I checked with pacman -Qqe .

So my questions are:

1)  I'm right on what I believe paru is trying to do ?
2)  Should I quit using paru as AUR helper if I  install rustup, so I can avoid a dependency hell or similar by cargo? Or I'll be fine because pacman or paru is smart enough to just handle one cargo dependency or create and delete a temporal cargo just for paru updates ? Or I should try this from now on https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_U … g_packages ?

Last edited by Succulent of your garden (2025-07-10 21:46:05)

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