Ansible Role: Rust

• Install Rust from source (when configured)
• Install Rust from recommended installer
• Install cargo packages
• Support 20 linux platforms, as done by the Go and Node roles.

Requirements

• curl
• gcc

Role Variables

The version of rust is dependent on a source installation.

rust_version: 1.31.0

By default, the role will not install from source.

build_rust_from_source: false

After any initial installation, you can make sure the script updates Rust using:

rust_update: false

To ensure a clean installation on each playbook run, you can use:

rust_install_clean: false

To ensure the role installs to your shell profiles, you can specify them:

shell_profiles:
- .bash_profile

And, to install any cargo you can use the cargo_items array. The binary property is optional, and when specified the binary installation will be verified.

cargo_items:
  - name: ripgrep
    binary: rg

Installation

• Install using ansible-galaxy install fubarhouse.rust
• Add this role to your playbook.
• Modify above variables as desired.

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2017 by Karl Hepworth.