Install Buckal

Using Cargo (Recommended)

To download and install Buckal, run the following in your terminal. Ensure you have Rust and Cargo installed.

$ cargo install cargo-buckal

Notes about Buckal installation

Getting started

If you're just getting started with Buckal and would like a more detailed walk-through, see our getting started page.

Prerequisites

Buckal requires Buck2 and Python3. Please ensure both are installed on your system before proceeding.

Toolchain management

Buckal is distributed as a Cargo subcommand. If you've installed cargo-buckal in the past, you can update your installation by running:

cargo install cargo-buckal

Uninstall Buckal

If at any point you would like to uninstall Buckal, you can run cargo uninstall cargo-buckal. We'll miss you though!

Other installation methods

The installation described above, via cargo install, is the preferred way to install Buckal for most developers. However, you can also install the latest development version from the git repository.

$ cargo install --git https://github.com/buck2hub/cargo-buckal.git