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How to build Opensidian from source with a pinned Rust toolchain with Opensidian

Compile the release binary from the repo using the Rust version the README tested.

Remote script. The README's rustup step pipes a script from sh.rustup.rs straight into sh, so review that script or install Rust by another route if you prefer.

Who it is forA developer on Ubuntu or Fedora who wants to run a locally built copy or test changes to the code.

The problemThey want to inspect or modify the source and need a reproducible build on a supported setup.

The outcomeA release binary is built at target/release/opensidian and it starts on the machine.

What you need first

  • A Linux x86_64 machine (the README lists Linux x86_64 only)
  • For the DEB path: a Debian or Ubuntu system with sudo access
  • For the source build: build tools, WebKitGTK 4.1 development packages, and Rust 1.98.0

Steps

  1. Install the system dependencies for your distro from the Build from source section, for example sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev on Ubuntu or Debian. (inferred, check the README)
  2. Install Rust 1.98.0 if you do not have it, using curl --proto '=https' -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- --default-toolchain 1.98.0
  3. Load the Rust environment with . "$HOME/.cargo/env"
  4. Clone the repo with git clone https://github.com/jpzk/opensidian && cd opensidian/src-tauri
  5. Build the release binary with cargo build --release --locked

Prompt for your agent

Clone jpzk/opensidian into <work-folder>, go to src-tauri, and run cargo build --release --locked using Rust 1.98.0. Report the final cargo line and the path of the built binary. Verify that target/release/opensidian exists and is executable before reporting success.

Caveat. The README reports a build of about 2.5 minutes on 4 cores with Rust 1.98.0, and older distro rustc versions may fail, so the pinned toolchain matters.

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