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This also adds a note about required memory usage and instructions for building from Git.
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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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## Quick Start
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### Windows
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1. Download and use the [installer][win-exe].
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2. Read the [tutorial].
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2. Enjoy!
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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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[tutorial]: http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html
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[wiki-start]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
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[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.7-install.exe
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### Linux / OS X
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1. Install the prerequisites (if not already installed)
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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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2. Download and build Rust
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You can either download a [tarball] or build directly from the [repo].
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To build from the [tarball] do:
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$ curl -O http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.7.tar.gz
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$ tar -xzf rust-0.7.tar.gz
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$ cd rust-0.7
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Or to build from the [repo] do:
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$ git clone https://github.com/mozilla/rust.git
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$ cd rust
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Now that you have Rust's source code, you can configure and build it:
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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 can
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be adjusted by passing a `--prefix` argument to `configure`. Various other
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options are also supported, pass `--help` 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 `rustpkg`, the Rust package manager and build
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system.
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3. Read the [tutorial].
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4. Enjoy!
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[repo]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust
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[tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.7.tar.gz
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[tutorial]: http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html
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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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* 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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Rust currently needs about 1.8G of RAM to build without swapping; if it hits
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swap, it will take a very long time to build.
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There is lots more documentation in the [wiki].
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[wiki]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki
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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-MIT, and COPYRIGHT for details.
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