Debian Adding "Hard Dependency" on Rust, May Abandon Some PC Architectures

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Debian Adding "Hard Dependency" on Rust, May Abandon Some PC Architectures

Bryan Lunduke

Nov 03, 2025

APT, Debian’s package manager also used by Ubuntu, to have a hard Rust requirement. Debian may “sunset” ports (such as PowerPC & m68k) which are not fully supported by Rust.

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Debian Adding "Hard Dependency" on Rust, May Abandon Some PC Architectures

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