3 Rust provides three distribution channels for Rust: nightly, beta, and stable.
4 Unstable features are only available on nightly Rust. For more details on this
5 process, see ‘[Stability as a deliverable][stability]’.
7 [stability]: http://blog.rust-lang.org/2014/10/30/Stability.html
9 To install nightly Rust, you can use `rustup.sh`:
12 $ curl -s https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh -s -- --channel=nightly
15 If you're concerned about the [potential insecurity][insecurity] of using `curl
16 | sh`, please keep reading and see our disclaimer below. And feel free to
17 use a two-step version of the installation and examine our installation script:
20 $ curl -f -L https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh -O
21 $ sh rustup.sh --channel=nightly
24 [insecurity]: http://curlpipesh.tumblr.com
26 If you're on Windows, please download either the [32-bit installer][win32] or
27 the [64-bit installer][win64] and run it.
29 [win32]: https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-i686-pc-windows-gnu.msi
30 [win64]: https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.msi
34 If you decide you don't want Rust anymore, we'll be a bit sad, but that's okay.
35 Not every programming language is great for everyone. Just run the uninstall
39 $ sudo /usr/local/lib/rustlib/uninstall.sh
42 If you used the Windows installer, just re-run the `.msi` and it will give you
45 Some people, and somewhat rightfully so, get very upset when we tell you to
46 `curl | sh`. Basically, when you do this, you are trusting that the good
47 people who maintain Rust aren't going to hack your computer and do bad things.
48 That's a good instinct! If you're one of those people, please check out the
49 documentation on [building Rust from Source][from-source], or [the official
50 binary downloads][install-page].
52 [from-source]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust#building-from-source
53 [install-page]: https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html
55 Oh, we should also mention the officially supported platforms:
57 * Windows (7, 8, Server 2008 R2)
58 * Linux (2.6.18 or later, various distributions), x86 and x86-64
59 * OSX 10.7 (Lion) or greater, x86 and x86-64
61 We extensively test Rust on these platforms, and a few others, too, like
62 Android. But these are the ones most likely to work, as they have the most
65 Finally, a comment about Windows. Rust considers Windows to be a first-class
66 platform upon release, but if we're honest, the Windows experience isn't as
67 integrated as the Linux/OS X experience is. We're working on it! If anything
68 does not work, it is a bug. Please let us know if that happens. Each and every
69 commit is tested against Windows just like any other platform.
71 If you've got Rust installed, you can open up a shell, and type this:
77 You should see the version number, commit hash, commit date and build date:
80 rustc 1.0.0-nightly (f11f3e7ba 2015-01-04) (built 2015-01-06)
83 If you did, Rust has been installed successfully! Congrats!
85 This installer also installs a copy of the documentation locally, so you can
86 read it offline. On UNIX systems, `/usr/local/share/doc/rust` is the location.
87 On Windows, it's in a `share/doc` directory, inside wherever you installed Rust
90 If not, there are a number of places where you can get help. The easiest is
91 [the #rust IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org][irc], which you can access through
92 [Mibbit][mibbit]. Click that link, and you'll be chatting with other Rustaceans
93 (a silly nickname we call ourselves), and we can help you out. Other great
94 resources include [the user’s forum][users], and [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow].
96 [irc]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/#rust
97 [mibbit]: http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust
98 [users]: https://users.rust-lang.org/
99 [stackoverflow]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust