Setup Environment #

Install Rust #

You can use following command to install Rust in Mac OS.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Then verify the installation by running following command.

rustc --version

You will see the version information of Rust. For example,

rustc 1.81.0 (eeb90cda1 2024-09-04)

Cargo is the package manager for Rust. You can use following command to install Cargo.

cargo --version

You will see the version information of Cargo. For example,

cargo 1.81.0 (2dbb1af80 2024-08-20)

You can use following command to setup a new Axum project.

cargo new axum-project

This will create a new directory called axum-project with the following structure.

axum-project/
├── Cargo.toml
├── src
│   ├── main.rs

The main.rs is the entry point of the application.

You can use following command to setup dependencies.

cargo add axum

This will add the axum crate to the dependencies.

[dependencies]
axum = "0.7.5"

You can use following command to run the project.

cargo run