# `cargo install` for easy installation of tools

Minimum Rust version: 1.5

Cargo has grown a new `install` command. This is intended to be used for installing new subcommands for Cargo, or tools for Rust developers. This doesn't replace the need to build real, native packages for end-users on the platforms you support.

For example, this guide is created with `mdbook`. You can install it on your system with

    $ cargo install mdbook

And then use it with

    $ mdbook --help

## Cargo Extensions

As an example of extending Cargo, you can use the `cargo-update` package. To install it:

    $ cargo install cargo-update

This will allow you to use `cargo install-update -a` command, which checks everything you've `cargo install`'d and updates it to the latest version.