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| author | Brian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com> | 2012-01-23 13:52:31 -0800 |
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| committer | Brian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com> | 2012-01-23 13:52:31 -0800 |
| commit | 5cb725a890a8709deba562b205f4dd897ec9034c (patch) | |
| tree | 4d961b68f779e71644a7d865bd8b44a3f630780f | |
| parent | 178d6dffa6e0e22f6e249a00777bf3d03726bea1 (diff) | |
| download | rust-5cb725a890a8709deba562b205f4dd897ec9034c.tar.gz rust-5cb725a890a8709deba562b205f4dd897ec9034c.zip | |
tutorial: Remove mention of windows installer
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md index 90360b5cc7f..6bfea2a0296 100644 --- a/doc/tutorial.md +++ b/doc/tutorial.md @@ -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". +The Rust compiler currently must be built from a [tarball][]. We hope +to be distributing binary packages for various operating systems in +the future. ***Note:*** The Rust compiler is slightly unusual in that it is written in Rust and therefore must be built by a precompiled "snapshot" version @@ -106,6 +91,11 @@ packages: * gnu make 3.81 or later * curl +On Windows Rust 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. + Assuming you're on a relatively modern Linux system and have met the prerequisites, something along these lines should work: @@ -132,7 +122,6 @@ 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. -[installer]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.1-install.exe [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 |