git-repo-manager/docs/src/installation.md

Installation

Installation

Building GRM currently requires the nightly Rust toolchain. The easiest way is using rustup. Make sure that rustup is properly installed.

Make sure that the nightly toolchain is installed:

$ rustup toolchain install nightly

Then, install the build dependencies:

Distribution	Command
Arch Linux	pacman -S --needed gcc openssl pkg-config
Ubuntu/Debian	apt-get install --no-install-recommends pkg-config gcc libssl-dev zlib1g-dev

Then, it's a simple command to install the latest stable version:

$ cargo +nightly install git-repo-manager

If you're brave, you can also run the development build:

$ cargo +nightly install --git https://github.com/hakoerber/git-repo-manager.git --branch develop

Static build

Note that by default, you will get a dynamically linked executable. Alternatively, you can also build a statically linked binary. For this, you will need musl and a few other build dependencies installed installed:

Distribution	Command
Arch Linux	pacman -S --needed gcc musl perl make
Ubuntu/Debian	apt-get install --no-install-recommends gcc musl-tools libc-dev perl make

(perl and make are required for the OpenSSL build script)

The, add the musl target via rustup:

$ rustup +nightly target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl

Then, use a modified build command to get a statically linked binary:

$ cargo +nightly install git-repo-manager --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --features=static-build