sudo apt install cmake pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev python3

After installing Rust and other required dependencies, git clone the alacritty project repository.

git clone https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git

cd alacritty

Next, run the following command to start the build. This command should be submitted under the cloned alacritty directory.

cargo build --release