Installation

Prerequisites

WCL requires a Rust toolchain. If you do not have Rust installed, get it from rustup.rs:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

After installation, ensure cargo and rustc are on your PATH:

rustc --version
cargo --version

Install the CLI

From the root of the WCL repository, install the wcl binary directly to ~/.cargo/bin/:

cargo install --path crates/wcl

Cargo will build the binary in release mode and place it at ~/.cargo/bin/wcl. As long as ~/.cargo/bin is on your PATH (the default after running rustup), the wcl command is immediately available.

Building from Source

To build the entire workspace without installing:

cargo build --workspace

The debug binary will be at target/debug/wcl. For a release build:

cargo build --workspace --release

The release binary will be at target/release/wcl.

To run the full test suite:

cargo test --workspace

Verify the Installation

wcl --version

You should see output like:

wcl 0.1.0

Uninstalling

cargo uninstall wcl

This removes the wcl binary from ~/.cargo/bin/.