How to fix "could not find system library libudev" when installing cargo-flash?

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Operating system: Ubuntu

Command 1: rustup update --> successful
Command 2: rutstup target install thumbv7m-none-eabi --> successful
Command 3: cargo install cargo-flash

error: failed to run custom build command for `hidapi v1.4.2`
process didn't exit successfully: `/tmp/cargo-installgobLzf/release/build/hidapi-aad2646622c847a4/build-script-build` (exit status: 101)
error: could not find system library 'libudev' required by the 'hidapi' crate
error: failed to compile `cargo-flash v0.13.0`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `/tmp/cargo-installgobLzf`

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 24 '22 at 16:38

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First, install the dependencies and then install cargo-flash:

sudo apt install -y pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev libftdi1-dev
sudo apt-get install libudev-dev
cargo install cargo-flash

For details, visit the cargo-flash crate.

edited Sep 24 '22 at 16:38

kmdreko

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answered Sep 12 '22 at 17:42

Sam Macharia

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Ran into the same issue. This answer solved my problem. It should be accepted! – kKdH Mar 23 '23 at 14:18
Same issue but I only did the 2 last commands to fix it (with `dnf` instead of `apt-get` on Fedora). – Vincent Jun 15 '23 at 20:44

How to fix "could not find system library libudev" when installing cargo-flash?

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