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call out that cargo install != npm install #4943

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion src/bin/install.rs
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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ pub struct Options {
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pub const USAGE: &'static str = "
Install a Rust binary
Install a Rust binary, for example, additional Cargo commands

(If you're an npm user, please note this is completely unrelated to `npm install`. Please see `cargo build --help`.)
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I would think that ‘npm install -g’ is at least partially similar to ‘cargo install’? At least, I use -g to install node utilities for the current user, but I may be missusing this flag :-)

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this is a good point, cargo install is lik npm install -g`


Usage:
cargo install [options] [<crate>...]
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