# Install socketcan with Cargo

Linux SocketCAN library. Send and receive CAN frames via CANbus on Linux. Version 3.6.2 via Cargo; verified 2026-06-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:socketcan
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install socketcan
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:socketcan
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/socketcan>
- **Version:** 3.6.2
- **Source summary:** Linux SocketCAN library. Send and receive CAN frames via CANbus on Linux.
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mbr/socketcan-rs>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/socketcan>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/socketcan/socketcan-3.6.2.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-06-19 15:04:08.797105+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19 15:04:08.797105+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.6.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for socketcan. Nucleus 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:** 5,005
- **Crate Size:** 90,703
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: manifest declares a binary target
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 25
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.75
- **Version ID:** 2,608,027


## Sources

- crates.io package index
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph