Getting Started Error

[JimLynchCodes]

I just tried following the getting started guide, but it doesn't work for me... 😢

step 1) clone bevy:

git clone https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy

step 2) inside of bevy directory, checkout latest

git checkout latest

step 3) run example

cargo run --example breakout

I then see this error message:

error: failed to load manifest for workspace member `/Users/jim/bevy/tools/ci`

Caused by:
  failed to parse manifest at `/Users/jim/bevy/tools/ci/Cargo.toml`

Caused by:
  missing field `version`
  in `package`

I think the getting started guide is missing some information to get this working... or am I just following it wrong?

[rparrett]

It looks like you might be using a version of Rust older than 1.75.0.

The minimum supported version is mentioned outside of the quick start guide, but maybe it might be worth a more explicit mention in the quick start guide. The quick start just mentions "a working Rust setup."

Bevy relies heavily on improvements in the Rust language and compiler. As a result, the Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) is "the latest stable release" of Rust.

• https://bevyengine.org/learn/quick-start/getting-started/setup/#installing-rust

[JimLynchCodes]

Thanks @rparrett 👍

I would say the error message could be improved also. It seems to be trying to tell me that my project's Cargo.toml is missing a version, not that my cargo version is out of date... 🤔

[rparrett]

The error message could potentially be improved by adding rust-version to Bevy, but this has been dismissed as impractical. See bevyengine/bevy#288. It would be too onerous to ensure that whatever value we put there is the actual minimum required version at any given time.