# Install mdbook with Cargo

Creates a book from markdown files. Version 0.5.4 via Cargo; verified 2026-07-06. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install librust-mdbook-dev.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:mdbook
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install mdbook
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:mdbook
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/mdbook>
- **Version:** 0.5.4
- **Source summary:** Creates a book from markdown files
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/index.html>
- **License:** MPL-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/mdbook/mdbook-0.5.4.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-07-06 19:18:00.019118+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-06 19:18:00.019118+00
- **Generated:** 2026-09-19T06:45:57+00:00

## Executables

- mdbook (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-09-19
- Package-manager version: 0.5.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mdbook. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 2,769
- **Crate Size:** 144,786
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: crate has no library target
- **Has Lib:** no
- **Num Versions:** 112
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.88.0
- **Version ID:** 2,728,105

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - librust-mdbook-dev - 0.4.48+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: librust-mdbook-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Markdown book creator tool - Rust source code | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
- Debian apt - mdbook - 0.4.48+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mdbook from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Markdown book creator tool | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
- Nix - mdbook: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - mdbook - 0.5.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mdbook from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
- apk - mdbook-bash-completion - 0.5.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mdbook-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for mdbook | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
- apk - mdbook-fish-completion - 0.5.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mdbook-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for mdbook | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
- apk - mdbook-zsh-completion - 0.5.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mdbook-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for mdbook | https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
- dnf - mdbook - 0.5.3-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mdbook from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst | Creates a book from markdown files | https://crates.io/crates/mdbook
- pacman - mdbook - 0.5.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mdbook from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Create book from markdown files, like Gitbook but implemented in Rust | https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook
- zypper - mdbook - 0.4.49-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mdbook from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst | Create books from markdown | https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook
- MacPorts - mdbook: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/mdbook/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/mdbook: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mdbook.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Rustlang.mdBook: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Rustlang.mdBook from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [mdbook](https://pkg.so/brew/mdbook/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph