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# The Rust Programming Language
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This is a compiler for Rust, including standard libraries, tools and
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documentation.
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## Installation
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The Rust compiler currently must be built from a [tarball], unless you
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are on Windows, in which case using the [installer][win-exe] is
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recommended.
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Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by
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a precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state
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of development). As such, source builds require a connection to
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the Internet, to fetch snapshots, and an OS that can execute the
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available snapshot binaries.
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Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
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* Windows (7, Server 2008 R2), x86 only
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* Linux (various distributions), x86 and x86-64
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* OSX 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") or greater, x86 and x86-64
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You may find that other platforms work, but these are our "tier 1"
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supported build environments that are most likely to work.
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> ***Note:*** Windows users should read the detailed
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> [getting started][wiki-start] notes on the wiki. Even when using
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> the binary installer the Windows build requires a MinGW installation,
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> the precise details of which are not discussed here.
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To build from source you will also need the following prerequisite
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packages:
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* g++ 4.4 or clang++ 3.x
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* python 2.6 or later (but not 3.x)
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* perl 5.0 or later
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* gnu make 3.81 or later
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* curl
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Assuming you're on a relatively modern *nix system and have met the
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prerequisites, something along these lines should work.
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$ wget http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.5.tar.gz
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$ tar -xzf rust-0.5.tar.gz
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$ cd rust-0.5
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$ ./configure
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$ make && make install
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You may need to use `sudo make install` if you do not normally have
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permission to modify the destination directory. The install locations
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can be adjusted by passing a `--prefix` argument to
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`configure`. Various other options are also supported, pass `--help`
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for more information on them.
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When complete, `make install` will place several programs into
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`/usr/local/bin`: `rustc`, the Rust compiler; `rustdoc`, the
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API-documentation tool, and `cargo`, the Rust package manager.
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[wiki-start]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
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[tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.5.tar.gz
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[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.5-install.exe
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## License
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Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of the MIT license, with
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portions covered by various BSD-like licenses.
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See LICENSE.txt for details.
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## More help
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The [tutorial] is a good starting point.
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[tutorial]: http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html
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