Install Rust

Using rustup (Recommended)

It looks like you’re running macOS, Linux, or another Unix-like OS. To download Rustup and install Rust, run the following in your terminal, then follow the on-screen instructions. See "Other Installation Methods" if you are on Windows.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

It looks like you’re running Windows. To start using Rust, download the installer, then run the program and follow the onscreen instructions. You may need to install the Visual Studio C++ Build tools when prompted to do so. If you are not on Windows see "Other Installation Methods".

Windows Subsystem for Linux

If you’re a Windows Subsystem for Linux user run the following in your terminal, then follow the on-screen instructions to install Rust.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

To install Rust, if you are running a Unix such as WSL, Linux or macOS,
run the following in your terminal, then follow the on-screen instructions.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

If you are running Windows,
download and run rustup‑init.exe then follow the on-screen instructions.

Notes about Rust installation

Getting started

If you're just getting started with Rust and would like a more detailed walk-through, see our getting started page.

Windows considerations

On Windows, Rust additionally requires the MSVC build tools for Visual Studio 2013 or later. See MSVC prerequistes

For further information about configuring Rust on Windows see the Windows-specific rustup documentation.

Toolchain management with rustup

Rust is installed and managed by the rustup tool. Rust has a 6-week rapid release process and supports a great number of platforms, so there are many builds of Rust available at any time. rustup manages these builds in a consistent way on every platform that Rust supports, enabling installation of Rust from the beta and nightly release channels as well as support for additional cross-compilation targets.

If you've installed rustup in the past, you can update your installation by running rustup update.

For more information see the rustup documentation.

Configuring the PATH environment variable

In the Rust development environment, all tools are installed to the ~/.cargo/bin %USERPROFILE%\.cargo\bin directory, and this is where you will find the Rust toolchain, including rustc, cargo, and rustup.

Accordingly, it is customary for Rust developers to include this directory in their PATH environment variable. During installation rustup will attempt to configure the PATH. Because of differences between platforms, command shells, and bugs in rustup, the modifications to PATH may not take effect until the console is restarted, or the user is logged out, or it may not succeed at all.

If, after installation, running rustc --version in the console fails, this is the most likely reason.

Uninstall Rust

If at any point you would like to uninstall Rust, you can run rustup self uninstall. We'll miss you though!

Other installation methods

The installation described above, via rustup, is the preferred way to install Rust for most developers. However, Rust can be installed via other methods as well.

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