Installation of Rust Toolchain

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1. A recent version of the Rust compiler, which you can download from the official Rust website at https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install.
2. A supported version of the Rust package manager, Cargo. This will be installed along with the Rust compiler.

To install Rust, follow these steps:

1. Download the Rust installer from the official Rust website: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
2. Run the installer and follow the prompts to install Rust.
3. Once the installation is complete, you can check that the Rust compiler and Cargo are installed and working by opening a terminal and running the following command:

rustc --version
cargo --version

This should print the version numbers of the Rust compiler and Cargo.

Installation Of Rust on Linux System

To install Rust on a Linux system, you have a few options:

1. Use the Rust installer:

• Download the Rust installer from the official Rust website at https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
• Run the installer and follow the prompts to install Rust.

2. Use the Rustup tool:

Rustup is a command-line tool that makes it easy to install and manage multiple versions of Rust, as well as install additional tools such as the Rust debugger (rls) and the Rust package manager (Cargo). To install Rustup:

• Visit https://rustup.rs
• Follow the instructions to download and run the Rustup installer.
• When prompted, choose the default installation options. This will install the latest stable version of Rust and set it as the default.

3. Use your system’s package manager:

On most Linux systems, you can use the system’s package manager to install Rust. For example, on Debian-based systems you can use apt to install Rust with the following command:

sudo apt-get install rustc

On CentOS and Fedora, you can use yum to install Rust with the following command:

sudo yum install rust

On openSUSE, you can use zypper to install Rust with the following command:

sudo zypper install rust

Once Rust is installed, you can check that it is working by opening a terminal and running the following command:

rustc --version
cargo --version

This should print the version numbers of the Rust compiler and Cargo like below example

PS C:\Users\USER> rustc --version
rustc 1.66.0 (69f9c33d7 2022-12-12)
PS C:\Users\USER> cargo --version
cargo 1.66.0 (d65d197ad 2022-11-15)
PS C:\Users\USER>

To add additional components like rust-fmt, clippy, rust-docs etc you can run the following command:

    rustup component add rustfmt
    rustup component add clippy
    rustup component add rust-docs