rust-on-xtensa-installation-x86_64-apple-darwin.md

Deprecated

Installation instructions moved to: esp-rs/rust-build

Rust on Xtensa Installation for macOS x64

Following instructions are specific for ESP32 and ESP32-S series based on Xtensa architecture.

Instructions for ESP-C series based on RISC-V architecture are described in document for ESP32-C3.

Tested OS: macOS Big Sur x64

Prerequisites

• rustup - installed with nightly toolchain - https://rustup.rs/

Installation commands

rustup toolchain install nightly

VERSION="1.54.0-dev"
ARCH="x86_64-apple-darwin"
RUST_DIST="rust-${VERSION}-${ARCH}"
RUST_SRC_DIST="rust-src-${VERSION}"
TOOLCHAIN_DESTINATION_DIR="~/.rustup/toolchains/esp"

mkdir -p ${TOOLCHAIN_DESTINATION_DIR}

curl -O "https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-rust/dist/${ARCH}/${RUST_DIST}.tar.xz"
tar xvf ${RUST_DIST}.tar.xz
./${RUST_DIST}/install.sh --destdir=${TOOLCHAIN_DESTINATION_DIR} --prefix="" --without=rust-docs

curl -O "https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-rust/dist/noarch/${RUST_SRC_DIST}.tar.xz"
tar xvf ${RUST_SRC_DIST}.tar.xz
./${RUST_SRC_DIST}/install.sh --destdir=${TOOLCHAIN_DESTINATION_DIR} --prefix="" --without=rust-docs

rustup default esp

curl -O "https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-rust/dist/${ARCH}/xtensa-esp32-elf-llvm11_0_0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz"
tar xf xtensa-esp32-elf-llvm11_0_0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
export PATH="`pwd`/xtensa-esp32-elf-clang/bin/:$PATH"

curl -LO "https://github.com/espressif/rust-esp32-example/archive/refs/heads/main.zip"
unzip main.zip
cd rust-esp32-example-main

Select architecture for the build

For the ESP32 - default (Xtensa architecture):

idf.py set-target esp32

For the ESP32-S2 (Xtensa architecture):

idf.py set-target esp32s2

For the ESP32-S3 (Xtensa architecture):

idf.py set-target esp32s3

Build and flash

idf.py build flash