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Joshua Wolfe
1,897 PointsSetting up Rust, ubuntu
I realize that is more a of a title. But it explains the problem and asks the question, more or less. I get this error message after ive run a basic hello world program in rust. I dont know what it means. Im runing latest version of linux buntu and working in sublime text 3.
Open a Rust file to determine which package to use, or add a folder with a Cargo.toml file to your Sublime project. error: Error: Cannot determine Rust package to use.
1 Answer
Eric M
11,546 PointsHi Joshua,
Some basic troubleshooting questions from the command line:
Have you installed rustc and cargo via rustup? Can you do a
rustup update?Are you able to create a new program via
cargo new your_program_namethen move into that program folder and runcargo run?
The error seems like a Sublime text error, and I haven't used Sublime with Rust sorry. I highly recommend Intellij IDEA with the Rust plugin. It's Rust language support is very good (certainly better than VS Code, can't speak for Sublime).
When you create a program with cargo it should have cargo.toml and associated folders. You may simply need to add those to Sublime as the error message suggests.
Can I also recommend that you'll have better luck with the (wonderful) Rust community directly on their forums or reddit than on Teamtreehouse, where there is no Rust content :p
Best of luck and I hope you enjoy Rust as much as I do!
Cheers,
Eric