Installing Vigil on Manjaro

Vigil is a Rust library for building simple and reliable TCP servers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Vigil on Manjaro, a popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need the following:

• A Manjaro Linux installation with administrative privileges
• Rust and Cargo package manager installed (use sudo pacman -S rustup to install)
• Access to the internet

Step 1 - Install Git

Vigil requires Git to be installed to clone its repository. Install Git using the following command:

sudo pacman -S git

Step 2 - Clone the Vigil repository

To clone the Vigil repository, use the following command:

git clone https://github.com/VictorPetrovykh/vigil.git

This command will create a new directory called vigil with the Vigil source code.

Step 3 - Build Vigil

Change into the vigil directory using the command:

cd vigil

Then build Vigil using Cargo:

cargo build --release

This command will build Vigil in release mode which can take some time.

Step 4 - Install Vigil

Once the build process is complete, you can install Vigil using Cargo:

cargo install --path .

This command will install Vigil and make it available system-wide.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Vigil on Manjaro Linux. You can now use Vigil to build simple and reliable TCP servers for your projects.

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