| Installation on Windows |
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an installation of Visual Studio with C++ tools is mandatory to run Rust on Windows
can use Visual Studio Community
- download rustup tool for Windows
- install by double-clicking the downloaded file rustup-init.exe
- accept the default installation using 1 or the Enter key
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Rust related files are stored in the folder : C:\Users\{PC}\.cargo\bin
folder contents are
- cargo-fmt.exe
- cargo.exe
- rls.exe
- rust-gdb.exe
- rust-lldb.exe
- rustc.exe
- rustdoc.exe
- rustfmt.exe
- rustup.exe
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Cargo is the package manager for Rust
to verify if cargo is installed
C:\Users\Admin>cargo -V
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the compiler for Rust is rustc
to verify the compiler version
C:\Users\Admin>rustc -V
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| Using Tutorials Point Coding Ground for RUST |
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a Read-Evaluate-Print Loop (REPL) is an easy to use interactive shell to compile and execute computer programs.
to compile and execute Rust programs online within the browser, use Tutorialspoint
Coding Ground
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