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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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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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[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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