Toolchain

To start using rust, you will have to install a rust toolchain. To do so, you can follow the instructions on https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install. The instructions there should be pretty clear, but if you have questions about it we recommend you ask about it in the labs.

To install all required packages for Fedora run the following:

sudo dnf install code rust cargo clang cmake fontconfig-devel

Warning

Do not install rustc or cargo through your package manager on Ubuntu, Pop_os!, Mint, Debian or derived linux distributions. Read our notes about these distros here and then come back.

Due to their packaging rules, your installation will be horribly out of date and will not work as expected. On Fedora we have verified that installing rust through dnf does work as expected. For other distributions follow the installation instructions above and do not use your package manager. See our notes on Linux.