@@ -20,22+20,23 @@ Read ["Installation"] from [The Book].
The Rust build system uses a Python script called `x.py` to build the compiler,
which manages the bootstrapping process. It lives at the root of the project.
The Rust build system uses a Python script called `x.py` to build the compiler,
which manages the bootstrapping process. It lives at the root of the project.
-The `x.py` command can be run directly on most systems in the following format:
+The `x.py` command can be run directly on most Unix systems in the following format:
```sh
./x.py <subcommand> [flags]
```
```sh
./x.py <subcommand> [flags]
```
-This is how the documentation and examples assume you are running `x.py`.
-
-Systems such as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS do not create the necessary `python` command by default when Python is installed that allows `x.py` to be run directly. In that case, you can either create a symlink for `python` (Ubuntu provides the `python-is-python3` package for this), or run `x.py` using Python itself:
+This is how the documentation and examples assume you are running `x.py`. Some alternative ways are:
```sh
```sh
-# Python 3
-python3 x.py <subcommand> [flags]
+# On a Unix shell if you don't have the necessary `python3` command
+./x <subcommand> [flags]
+
+# On the Windows Command Prompt (if .py files are configured to run Python)