How to compile Rust command line tools for Termux

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  • dust

    A more intuitive version of du in rust

  • I'm not going to make a command line tool from scratch, I'm gonna use something someone already made and shared the source code on Github. Let's use for example Dust, as the description says: "Like du but more intuitive".

  • rust

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

  • Rust is a compiled system's programming language focused on safety and performance, being used by the Linux Kernel, Google, Microsoft and others for building embedded systems, webassembly tools and (you guessed) command line apps.

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  • termux-packages

    A package build system for Termux.

  • Termux is a terminal emulator for accessing your Android OS, since Android is UNIX-like, most of the commands you gonna be working with are basically the same on any Linux Distribution like Ubuntu or Debian, it also comes with it's own package manager called pkg. checkout the Wiki for more info on that.

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