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authorOliver Jan Krylow <oliver@bugabinga.net>2018-02-13 17:36:25 +0100
committerChristian Duerr <chrisduerr@users.noreply.github.com>2018-02-13 16:36:25 +0000
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@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ It might be handy to mask all other packages provided in the `slyfox` overlay by
adding `*/*::slyfox` to `/etc/portage/package.mask` and adding
`x11-terms/alacritty::slyfox` to `/etc/portage/package.unmask`.
+### Cargo
+
+If you have a rust toolchain setup you can install Alacritty via cargo:
+
+```sh
+cargo install --git https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty
+```
+
+Note that you still need to download system build dependencies via your package manager as mentioned above. The binary `alacritty` will be placed into `$HOME/.cargo/bin`. Make sure it is in your path (default if you use `rustup`).
+
#### Other
If you build Alacritty on another distribution, we would love some help