Install unregistered crate with cargo

Question

I have a crate (https://github.com/wilbertom/bichannels) that is not registered on crates.io. I would like to add it to my current crate, as a dependency. I've tried going into its directory (placed inside the outer crate) and running cargo install, but that doesn't work, instead, giving this error:

error: no packages found with binaries or examples

So it appears that one can only install a binary crate, but how do I add a library crate to my dependencies? I've tried adding:

bichannels = "*"

to my Cargo.toml but that just says that this package is not on crates.io.

I've edited the question. – Alexis Dumas Oct 28 '17 at 15:05 — Alexis Dumas, Oct 28 '17 at 15:05
Awesome, thank you :) – Lukas Kalbertodt Oct 28 '17 at 15:25 — Lukas Kalbertodt, Oct 28 '17 at 15:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '17 at 15:12

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There are two options:

add this to Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
"bichannels" = {git = "https://github.com/wilbertom/bichannels"}

Or git clone locally the lib and use:

[dependencies]
"bichannels" = {path = "<roor_dir_of_your_clone>"}

answered Oct 28 '17 at 15:12

attdona

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