1 # The Rust Programming Language
3 This is a compiler for Rust, including standard libraries, tools and
4 documentation. Rust is a systems programming language that is fast,
5 memory safe and multithreaded, but does not employ a garbage collector
6 or otherwise impose significant runtime overhead.
8 To install to /usr/local (the default), run the included `install.sh` script:
14 $ sudo /usr/local/lib/rustlib/uninstall.sh
16 `install.sh` has a few options, including the possibility to set an installation
17 prefix. You can display these options by running:
19 $ sudo ./install.sh --help
21 Read [The Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/index.html) to learn how
24 Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license
25 and the Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various
28 See LICENSE-APACHE, LICENSE-MIT, and COPYRIGHT for details.