Does cargo install have an equivalent update command?

cargo install is a command provided by the Rust package manager cargo for installing Rust packages. However, cargo does not include a direct command to update installed packages. To update a package, you need to rerun the cargo install command to install the latest version.

For example, if you previously installed a package called ripgrep, you can update it with the following command:

bash
cargo install ripgrep

However, it is important to note that if the latest version of the package is specified as a specific version in the Cargo.toml file, cargo install may not update to the expected latest version. In such cases, you need to manually modify the version number in the Cargo.toml file or use the -f (or --force) option to force reinstall the latest version.

For example:

bash
cargo install ripgrep --force

This will force reinstall ripgrep regardless of the currently installed version. This approach is somewhat crude as it does not consider whether dependencies need updating and simply re-installs the specified package.