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Expand Up @@ -62,24 +62,9 @@ they don't contain references to things that aren't actually defined.

## Installation

On win32, we make an executable [installer][] available. On other
platforms you need to build from a [tarball][].

If you're on windows, download and run the installer. It should install
a self-contained set of tools and libraries to `C:\Program Files\Rust`,
and add `C:\Program Files\Rust\bin` to your `PATH` environment variable.
You should then be able to run the rust compiler as `rustc` directly
from the command line.

On Windows Rust additionally requires [MinGW][mingw] (version
20110802 is known to work). It is currently recommended that windows
development be done under the MinGW shell to ensure that the
environment is configured correctly.

We hope to be distributing binary packages for various other operating
systems at some point in the future, but at the moment only windows
binary installers are being made. Other operating systems must build
from "source".
(Currently, you need to build from a tarball on all platforms. A
self-sufficient windows installer will shortly follow when it is fixed
up.)

***Note:*** The Rust compiler is slightly unusual in that it is written
in Rust and therefore must be built by a precompiled "snapshot" version
Expand All @@ -106,6 +91,9 @@ packages:
* gnu make 3.81 or later
* curl

Building from source on windows requires some extra steps, please see
the [Getting started][wiki-get-started] page on the Rust wiki.

Assuming you're on a relatively modern Linux system and have met the
prerequisites, something along these lines should work:

Expand All @@ -130,9 +118,10 @@ a set of host and target libraries under `/usr/local/lib/rustc`.

The install locations can be adjusted by passing a `--prefix` argument
to `configure`. Various other options are also supported, pass `--help`
for more information on them.
for more information on them.

[installer]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.1-install.exe
[wiki-get-started]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-getting-started
[tarball]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.1.tar.gz
[mingw]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-inst/mingw-get-inst-20110802/mingw-get-inst-20110802.exe/download

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