A system administrator needs to compile and install a command-line tool written in Rust from its source code. The administrator has already cloned the project's repository and used cd to move into the project's root directory. The compiled binary should be placed in the user's $HOME/.cargo/bin directory so it is available in the PATH. Which command will accomplish this task?
cargo install --path . tells Cargo to build the crate located in the current directory and install any resulting binaries into the installation root's bin folder, which defaults to $HOME/.cargo/bin. By contrast:
cargo build only compiles the project, leaving the binary in target/debug or target/release and not adding it to the user's PATH.
cargo run compiles the project and immediately executes the binary but does not install it.
cargo publish uploads the crate to a registry such as crates.io and is unrelated to local installation.
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