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# Rust

> The easiest way to manage Rust with Devbox is to install `rustup`, and then configure the channel you wish to install via Devbox's `init_hook`. You can also use the `init_hook` to configure `rustup` to install the Rust toolchain locally.

[**Example Repo**](https://github.com/jetify-com/devbox/tree/main/examples/development/rust)

```json theme={null}
{
  "packages": ["rustup@latest", "libiconv@latest"],
  "shell": {
    "init_hook": [
      "projectDir=$(dirname $(readlink -f \"$0\"))",
      "rustupHomeDir=\"$projectDir\"/.rustup",
      "mkdir -p $rustupHomeDir",
      "export RUSTUP_HOME=$rustupHomeDir",
      "export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:\"$projectDir/nix/profile/default/lib\"",
      "rustup default stable",
      "cargo fetch"
    ],
    "scripts": {
      "test": "cargo test -- --show-output",
      "start": "cargo run",
      "build-docs": "cargo doc"
    }
  }
}
```

To pin a specific version of Rust with Rustup, you can add a
[rust-toolchain.toml](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/overrides.html#the-toolchain-file) and
check it into source control.

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