'cargo install nushell' can't find nushell in registry 'cargo-io'

[yurivict]

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cargo install nushell

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[fdncred]

I believe only the crates to build nushell are available on crates.io. You could search crates.io and see what's there. We don't list cargo as a way to install nushell either https://github.com/nushell/nushell?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

[yurivict]

cargo install ... is just a very convenient way to install a package.
It requires the least amount of steps out of all other ways to do it on a system that only has Rust installed.

[fdncred]

You might try cargo binstall to install binaries. I know some people use this. Once it's installed you can do cargo binstall nu and it fetches pre-compiled binaries from github.

But cargo install nushell will not work, as you've seen. You could try cargo install nu if you want to build nushell but cargo binstall is faster. Also, you won't get the plugins, they'll have to be installed separately. If you're wanting the fastest way, it's probably just to download the pre-compiled binaries or the nightlies we provide since they do not require compilation.