Cargo build will not compile

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I am on a MacBook. Following the tutorial. Stuck on the guessing_game after addding dependcies...

Script started on Sun Apr 20 19:10:53 2025
ESC[1mESC[7m%ESC[27mESC[1mESC[0m
^M ^MESC]7;file://MacBook-Air-van-Andre.local/Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game^G^MESC[0mESC[27mESC[24mESC[Jandre@MacBook
-Air-van-Andre guessing_game % ESC[KESC[?2004hcargo buildESC[?2004l
ESC[1mESC[32m CompilingESC[0m libc v0.2.172
ESC[1mESC[32m CompilingESC[0m zerocopy v0.8.24
ESC[1mESC[36m BuildingESC[0m [========> ] 5/15: zerocopy(build), libc(build)
^MESC[KESC[1mESC[31merrorESC[0mESC[1m:ESC[0m failed to run custom build command for libc v0.2.172

Caused by:
process didn't exit successfully: /Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game/target/debug/build/libc-199c8bfe631320b5/build-script-build (exit status: 101)
--- stdout
cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs

--- stderr

thread 'main' panicked at /Users/andre/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/libc-0.2.172/build.rs:173:9:
failed to run rustc:
note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace
ESC[1mESC[33mwarningESC[0mESC[1m:ESC[0m build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
ESC[1mESC[36m BuildingESC[0m [==========> ] 6/15: zerocopy(build) ^MESC[KESC[1mESC[31merrorESC[0mESC[1m:ESC[0m failed to run custom build command for zerocopy v0.8.24

Caused by:
process didn't exit successfully: /Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game/target/debug/build/zerocopy-93d86abaa41e2c0a/build-script-build (exit status: 101)
--- stdout
cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs
cargo:rerun-if-changed=Cargo.toml

--- stderr

thread 'main' panicked at /Users/andre/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/zerocopy-0.8.24/build.rs:221:9:
rustc failed with status: signal: 9 (SIGKILL)
rustc output:
note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace
ESC[1mESC[7m%ESC[27mESC[1mESC[0m ^M ^MESC]7;file://MacBook-Air-van-Andre.local/Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game^G^MESC[0mESC[27mESC[24mESC[Jandre@MacBook-Air-van-Andre guessing_game % ESC[KESC[?2004hD
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ESC[JESC[1mESC[7m%ESC[27mESC[1mESC[0m ^M ^MESC]7;file://MacBook-Air-van-Andre.local/Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game^G^MESC[0mESC[27mESC[24mESC[Jandre@MacBook-Air-van-Andre guessing_game % ESC[KESC[?2004hESC[?2004l
ESC[1mESC[7m%ESC[27mESC[1mESC[0m ^M ^MESC]7;file://MacBook-Air-van-Andre.local/Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game^G^MESC[0mESC[27mESC[24mESC[Jandre@MacBook-Air-van-Andre guessing_game % ESC[KESC[?2004hESC[?2004l

Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

Script done on Sun Apr 20 19:11:43 2025

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What happens if you manually try to run /Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game/target/debug/build/libc-199c8bfe631320b5/build-script-build?

Which rustc version do you have installed? (rustc -vV)

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Sorry that this error printed by Cargo is so messy and unreadable. In all that noise, the only relevant line is:

rustc failed with status: signal: 9 (SIGKILL)

On macOS this may be happening due to multiple reasons. Most often:

  • The system is low on memory. Reboot your Mac.

  • Apple's Gatekeeper for some reason to keep Rust in a "quarantine". The quickest solution may be to delete Rust completely and reinstall it (rm -rf ~/.cargo ~/.rustup and then reinstall via https://rustup.rs). This could be more robust if rustup/cargo was code signed.

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I know it's messy... That's why I am lost...
I did a reinstall...

Perhaps I should edit the 'script' output?

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I'll try those....

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/Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/guessing_game/target/debug/build/libc-199c8bfe631320b5/build-script-build
cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs

thread 'main' panicked at /Users/andre/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/libc-0.2.172/build.rs:152:38:
Failed to get rustc version: missing RUSTC env
note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace
andre@MacBook-Air-van-Andre guessing_game % rustc -vV
rustc 1.86.0 (05f9846f8 2025-03-31)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 05f9846f893b09a1be1fc8560e33fc3c815cfecb
commit-date: 2025-03-31
host: aarch64-apple-darwin
release: 1.86.0
LLVM version: 19.1.7

Weird.... I followed the install stuff...

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Note that you have not described your actual issue in much detail. Have you initially been able to compile and run (your) Rust code, e.g. "cargo new my_test; cd my_test; cargo run"?. What exactly have you added to the dependencies? Are you running a virus checker that might instantly delete files?

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Script started on Mon Apr 21 13:33:39 2025
Restored session: Sun Apr 20 19:11:43 CEST 2025

projects % cargo new my_test; cd my_test; cargo run

Creating binary (application) my_test package

note: see more Cargo.toml keys and their definitions at The Manifest Format - The Cargo Book

Compiling my_test v0.1.0 (/Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/my_test)

Building [ ] 0/1: my_test(bin)
Finished dev profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 4.05s

Running target/debug/my_test

Hello, world!

cd my_test
my_test % vi Cargo.toml

[packagea]
name = "my_test"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2024"

[dependencies]
rand-"0.9.0"

"Cargo.toml" 7L, 91B written

my_test % cargo run

Updating crates.io index
Locking 17 packages to latest Rust 1.86.0 compatible versions
Adding bitflags v2.9.0
Adding cfg-if v1.0.0
Adding getrandom v0.3.2
Adding libc v0.2.172
Adding ppv-lite86 v0.2.21
Adding proc-macro2 v1.0.95
Adding quote v1.0.40
Adding r-efi v5.2.0
Adding rand v0.9.1
Adding rand_chacha v0.9.0
Adding rand_core v0.9.3
Adding syn v2.0.100
Adding unicode-ident v1.0.18
Adding wasi v0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4
Adding wit-bindgen-rt v0.39.0
Adding zerocopy v0.8.24
Adding zerocopy-derive v0.8.24
Compiling libc v0.2.172
Compiling zerocopy v0.8.24
Compiling getrandom v0.3.2
Compiling cfg-if v1.0.0
Building [ ] 0/15: cfg-if, zerocopy(build.rs), getrandom(build.rs), libc(build.rs)
Building [> ] 1/15: cfg-if, zerocopy(build.rs), getrandom(build.rs), libc(build)
Building [==> ] 2/15: cfg-if, getrandom(build.rs), libc(build), zerocopy(build)
Building [====> ] 3/15: cfg-if, libc(build), zerocopy(build), getrandom(build)
error: failed to run custom build command for libc v0.2.172
Caused by:

process didn't exit successfully: /Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/my_test/target/debug/build/libc-199c8bfe631320b5/build-script-build (exit status: 101)

--- stdout

cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs

--- stderr

thread 'main' panicked at /Users/andre/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/libc-0.2.172/build.rs:173:9:

failed to run rustc:

note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace

warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
Building [======> ] 4/15: cfg-if, zerocopy(build), getrandom(build)
Building [========> ] 5/15: zerocopy(build), getrandom(build)
Building [==========> ] 6/15: zerocopy(build)

error: failed to run custom build command for zerocopy v0.8.24

Caused by:

process didn't exit successfully: /Users/andre/Speeltuin/Rust/projects/my_test/target/debug/build/zerocopy-93d86abaa41e2c0a/build-script-build (exit status: 101)

--- stdout

cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs

cargo:rerun-if-changed=Cargo.toml

--- stderr

thread 'main' panicked at /Users/andre/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/zerocopy-0.8.24/build.rs:221:9:
rustc failed with status: signal: 9 (SIGKILL)

rustc output:

note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace

my_test %

Saving session...

...saving history...truncating history files...

...completed.

Script done on Mon Apr 21 13:36:45 2025

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That is invalid syntax (or is it only copy paste issue for this forum?)

Correct is

[dependencies]
rand = "0.9.0"

Instead manually editing Cargo.toml file, you can do it starting from the default file with Cargo tool, like "cargo add rand".

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But Google tells that the actual issue seems to be an anti virus software, see

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Grpmph. It looks like 'Deepguard'is causing trouble...
Trying to fix that