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# Getting started
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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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+ > ** NOTE** : The tarball and installer links are for the most recent release,
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+ > not master.
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+ The Rust compiler currently must be built from a [ tarball] or [ git] , unless
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+ you are on Windows, in which case using the [ installer] [ win-exe ] is
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+ recommended. There is a list of community-maintained nightly builds and
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+ packages [ on the wiki] [ wiki-packages ] .
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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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[ bug-3319 ] : https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/3319
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[ wiki-start ] : https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
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+ [ git ] : https://github.com/mozilla/rust.git
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To build from source you will also need the following prerequisite
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packages:
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[ Sublime Package Control] [ sublime-pkg ] , and support for Kate
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under ` src/etc/kate ` .
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+ A community-maintained list of available Rust tooling is [ on the
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+ wiki] [ wiki-packages ] .
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There is ctags support via ` src/etc/ctags.rust ` , but many other
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tools and editors are not yet supported. If you end up writing a Rust
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mode for your favorite editor, let us know so that we can link to it.
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[ rustpkg ] : tutorial-rustpkg.html
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[ wiki ] : https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Docs
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+ [ wiki-packages ] : https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-packages,-editors,-and-other-tools
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