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# The Rust Programming Language
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This is the main source code repository for [Rust]. It contains the compiler,
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standard library, and documentation.
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[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org
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## Quick Start
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Read ["Installing Rust"] from [The Book].
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["Installing Rust"]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/getting-started.html#installing-rust
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[The Book]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/index.html
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## Building from Source
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1. Make sure you have installed the dependencies:
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* `g++` 4.7 or later or `clang++` 3.x or later
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* `python` 2.7 (but not 3.x)
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* GNU `make` 3.81 or later
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* `cmake` 3.4.3 or later
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* `curl`
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* `git`
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2. Clone the [source] with `git`:
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```sh
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$ git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git
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$ cd rust
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```
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[source]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
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3. Build and install:
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```sh
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$ ./x.py build && sudo ./x.py dist --install
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```
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> ***Note:*** Install locations can be adjusted by copying the config file
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> from `./src/bootstrap/config.toml.example` to `./config.toml`, and
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> adjusting the `prefix` option under `[install]`. Various other options are
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> also supported, and are documented in the config file.
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When complete, `sudo ./x.py dist --install` will place several programs into
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`/usr/local/bin`: `rustc`, the Rust compiler, and `rustdoc`, the
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API-documentation tool. This install does not include [Cargo],
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Rust's package manager, which you may also want to build.
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[Cargo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo
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### Building on Windows
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There are two prominent ABIs in use on Windows: the native (MSVC) ABI used by
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Visual Studio, and the GNU ABI used by the GCC toolchain. Which version of Rust
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you need depends largely on what C/C++ libraries you want to interoperate with:
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for interop with software produced by Visual Studio use the MSVC build of Rust;
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for interop with GNU software built using the MinGW/MSYS2 toolchain use the GNU
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build.
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#### MinGW
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[MSYS2][msys2] can be used to easily build Rust on Windows:
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[msys2]: https://msys2.github.io/
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1. Grab the latest [MSYS2 installer][msys2] and go through the installer.
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2. Run `mingw32_shell.bat` or `mingw64_shell.bat` from wherever you installed
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MSYS2 (i.e. `C:\msys64`), depending on whether you want 32-bit or 64-bit
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Rust. (As of the latest version of MSYS2 you have to run `msys2_shell.cmd
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-mingw32` or `msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64` from the command line instead)
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3. From this terminal, install the required tools:
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```sh
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# Update package mirrors (may be needed if you have a fresh install of MSYS2)
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$ pacman -Sy pacman-mirrors
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# Install build tools needed for Rust. If you're building a 32-bit compiler,
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# then replace "x86_64" below with "i686". If you've already got git, python,
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# or CMake installed and in PATH you can remove them from this list. Note
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# that it is important that you do **not** use the 'python2' and 'cmake'
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# packages from the 'msys2' subsystem. The build has historically been known
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# to fail with these packages.
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$ pacman -S git \
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make \
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diffutils \
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tar \
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mingw-w64-x86_64-python2 \
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mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake \
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mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
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```
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4. Navigate to Rust's source code (or clone it), then build it:
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```sh
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$ ./x.py build && ./x.py dist --install
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```
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#### MSVC
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MSVC builds of Rust additionally require an installation of Visual Studio 2013
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(or later) so `rustc` can use its linker. Make sure to check the “C++ tools”
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option.
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With these dependencies installed, you can build the compiler in a `cmd.exe`
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shell with:
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```sh
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> python x.py build
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```
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Currently building Rust only works with some known versions of Visual Studio. If
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you have a more recent version installed the build system doesn't understand
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then you may need to force rustbuild to use an older version. This can be done
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by manually calling the appropriate vcvars file before running the bootstrap.
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```
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CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\vcvars64.bat"
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python x.py build
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```
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#### Specifying an ABI
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Each specific ABI can also be used from either environment (for example, using
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the GNU ABI in powershell) by using an explicit build triple. The available
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Windows build triples are:
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- GNU ABI (using GCC)
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- `i686-pc-windows-gnu`
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- `x86_64-pc-windows-gnu`
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- The MSVC ABI
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- `i686-pc-windows-msvc`
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- `x86_64-pc-windows-msvc`
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The build triple can be specified by either specifying `--build=ABI` when
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invoking `x.py` commands, or by copying the `config.toml` file (as described
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in Building From Source), and modifying the `build` option under the `[build]`
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section.
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### Configure and Make
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While it's not the recommended build system, this project also provides a
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configure script and makefile (the latter of which just invokes `x.py`).
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```sh
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$ ./configure
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$ make && sudo make install
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```
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When using the configure script, the generated `config.mk` file may override the
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`config.toml` file. To go back to the `config.toml` file, delete the generated
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`config.mk` file.
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## Building Documentation
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If you’d like to build the documentation, it’s almost the same:
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```sh
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$ ./x.py doc
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```
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The generated documentation will appear under `doc` in the `build` directory for
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the ABI used. I.e., if the ABI was `x86_64-pc-windows-msvc`, the directory will be
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`build\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\doc`.
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## Notes
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Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a
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precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state of
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development). As such, source builds require a connection to the Internet, to
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fetch snapshots, and an OS that can execute the available snapshot binaries.
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Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
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| Platform / Architecture | x86 | x86_64 |
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| Windows (7, 8, Server 2008 R2) | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Linux (2.6.18 or later) | ✓ | ✓ |
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| OSX (10.7 Lion or later) | ✓ | ✓ |
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You may find that other platforms work, but these are our officially
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supported build environments that are most likely to work.
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Rust currently needs between 600MiB and 1.5GiB to build, depending on platform.
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If it hits swap, it will take a very long time to build.
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There is more advice about hacking on Rust in [CONTRIBUTING.md].
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[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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## Getting Help
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The Rust community congregates in a few places:
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* [Stack Overflow] - Direct questions about using the language.
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* [users.rust-lang.org] - General discussion and broader questions.
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* [/r/rust] - News and general discussion.
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[Stack Overflow]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust
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[/r/rust]: http://reddit.com/r/rust
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[users.rust-lang.org]: https://users.rust-lang.org/
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## Contributing
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To contribute to Rust, please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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Rust has an [IRC] culture and most real-time collaboration happens in a
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variety of channels on Mozilla's IRC network, irc.mozilla.org. The
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most popular channel is [#rust], a venue for general discussion about
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Rust. And a good place to ask for help would be [#rust-beginners].
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[IRC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
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[#rust]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/rust
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[#rust-beginners]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/rust-beginners
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## License
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Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license
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and the Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various
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BSD-like licenses.
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See [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE), [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT), and
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[COPYRIGHT](COPYRIGHT) for details.
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