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+% Installing Rust
+
+The first step to using Rust is to install it! There are a number of ways to
+install Rust, but the easiest is to use the `rustup` script. If you're on
+Linux or a Mac, all you need to do is this (note that you don't need to type
+in the `$`s, they just indicate the start of each command):
+
+```bash
+$ curl -L https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sudo sh
+```
+
+If you're concerned about the [potential insecurity](http://curlpipesh.tumblr.com/) of using `curl | sudo sh`,
+please keep reading and see our disclaimer below. And feel free to use a two-step version of the installation and examine our installation script:
+
+```bash
+$ curl -L https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh -O
+$ sudo sh rustup.sh
+```
+
+If you're on Windows, please download either the [32-bit
+installer](https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-i686-pc-windows-gnu.exe)
+or the [64-bit
+installer](https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.exe)
+and run it.
+
+If you decide you don't want Rust anymore, we'll be a bit sad, but that's okay.
+Not every programming language is great for everyone. Just pass an argument to
+the script:
+
+```bash
+$ curl -s https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sudo sh -s -- --uninstall
+```
+
+If you used the Windows installer, just re-run the `.exe` and it will give you
+an uninstall option.
+
+You can re-run this script any time you want to update Rust. Which, at this
+point, is often. Rust is still pre-1.0, and so people assume that you're using
+a very recent Rust.
+
+This brings me to one other point: some people, and somewhat rightfully so, get
+very upset when we tell you to `curl | sudo sh`. And they should be! Basically,
+when you do this, you are trusting that the good people who maintain Rust
+aren't going to hack your computer and do bad things. That's a good instinct!
+If you're one of those people, please check out the documentation on [building
+Rust from Source](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust#building-from-source), or
+[the official binary downloads](http://www.rust-lang.org/install.html). And we
+promise that this method will not be the way to install Rust forever: it's just
+the easiest way to keep people updated while Rust is in its alpha state.
+
+Oh, we should also mention the officially supported platforms:
+
+* Windows (7, 8, Server 2008 R2)
+* Linux (2.6.18 or later, various distributions), x86 and x86-64
+* OSX 10.7 (Lion) or greater, x86 and x86-64
+
+We extensively test Rust on these platforms, and a few others, too, like
+Android. But these are the ones most likely to work, as they have the most
+testing.
+
+Finally, a comment about Windows. Rust considers Windows to be a first-class
+platform upon release, but if we're honest, the Windows experience isn't as
+integrated as the Linux/OS X experience is. We're working on it! If anything
+does not work, it is a bug. Please let us know if that happens. Each and every
+commit is tested against Windows just like any other platform.
+
+If you've got Rust installed, you can open up a shell, and type this:
+
+```bash
+$ rustc --version
+```
+
+You should see some output that looks something like this:
+
+```bash
+rustc 1.0.0-nightly (f11f3e7ba 2015-01-04 20:02:14 +0000)
+```
+
+If you did, Rust has been installed successfully! Congrats!
+
+If not, there are a number of places where you can get help. The easiest is
+[the #rust IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org](irc://irc.mozilla.org/#rust), which
+you can access through
+[Mibbit](http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust). Click
+that link, and you'll be chatting with other Rustaceans (a silly nickname we
+call ourselves), and we can help you out. Other great resources include [our
+forum](http://discuss.rust-lang.org/), [the /r/rust
+subreddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/rust), and [Stack
+Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust).