# Building from Source
## Using Cargo
A debug build is straightforward:
```bash
cargo build
```
A release build is also straightforward:
```bash
cargo build --release
```
If you want to install the binary locally from source:
```bash
# Where you are currently an the root of the project
cargo install --path .
```
## Completely static binary
To compile a completely static binary (not linked to libc), we need to target
musl using:
```bash
rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
cargo build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
```
### Mac-specific
Note that on Mac OS X you will need to install musl-gcc:
```bash
brew install FiloSottile/musl-cross/musl-cross
```
And to do a strip (on Mac), use the musl strip:
```bash
x86_64-linux-musl-gcc target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/distant
```
At the moment, this is not possible to build on M1 Macs:
https://github.com/FiloSottile/homebrew-musl-cross/issues/23