cargo-update VS topgrade

Personally, I like cargo-update

Speaking of cargo remove, see also cargo-edit [0] from which adding and removing originally came, as well as cargo-binstall [1] which installs binaries rather than compiling from source every time. The binaries are updatable with cargo-update [2].

The latter two can replace a package manager for Rust related utilities, as I often find that those in OS package repositories are often not as up to date as directly from cargo.

[0] https://github.com/killercup/cargo-edit

[1] https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall

[2] https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update

Would be nice if this worked with cargo-update somehow.

There is cargo install-update plugin: https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update

I didn't find any command or package to update those packages, and given that npm has npm -g update and cargo has cargo install-update, I decided to create go-global-update for go.

rust-analyzer isn't a rust component (like rust-src, etc. which will update with rustup update), nor a cargo binary (where you could use cargo install-update - https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update ).

I initially was interested in Rust because of performance + speed + safety, but now I have to say that cargo is a big selling point for me.

I always used to be scared of compiling software myself because I never seemed to be able to get it to work without endless headaches. Now, I generally find it easy to compile Rust programs if they aren't in my package manager, and with cargo install-update https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update I find it easy to keep the software up to date. I have higher confidence that I can get hobbyist Rust software working, and the more Rust software I use, the more familiar I am with the ecosystem and the more comfortable I am.

If this was written in some obscure language I wasn't familiar with, I'd be less confident I would be able to run it at all, let alone keep it updated, and I may not bother even trying to install it.

So while it may take a while for some, it's already absolutely fine for me to compile my projects in a few seconds or a minute. I install all my related tooling via cargo install and update it via cargo install-update -a ( https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update ) so I frequently/daily build different Rust projects and I'm quite ok with the compilation times.

I'm using Topgrade which do everything at once

But when I update PopOS I use topgrade, and I use it daily. It not only updates via Flatpak and apt it also knows about and updates Snaps, Rust, Node.js, brew and Python and all of the other ways I install software.

If you cannot avoid mixing package sources, then maybe topgrade would be useful to you. It leverages all package managers it can find on your system to upgrade all available packages. It works with apt, dnf, zypper, pacman, linuxbrew, nix, pkgsrc, and everything else you can imagine.

I also recommend topgrade

Enter topgrade

Ooh cool I didn't think to include that functionality nice.. (haha btw i'm using this program to upgrade everything (topgrade) maybe i'll include this if i can)

Try with aptitude or [topgrade][(https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade).

I realize this isn't an answer to your question, but have you heard of Topgrade? It's basically your script but more.

And update everything with topgrade!