[Rust Guide] 1.1 Install Rust

1.1.1 Installing from the Official Site

Go to the official Rust website, where you can change the language in the top-right corner.

Click "Get Started" and you will see the following page:

Choose the download that matches your system: 32-BIT for 32-bit systems and 64-BIT for 64-bit systems. Most computers today are 64-bit. If you do not know whether your computer is 64-bit or 32-bit, and it is not an ancient machine, 64-bit will probably work.

If you want to install Rust on macOS, Linux, or the Windows Subsystem for Linux, run the following command in the terminal:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Open the downloaded installer and you will see a menu like the following:

Current installation options:

   default host triple: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
     default toolchain: stable (default)
               profile: default
  modify PATH variable: yes

1) Proceed with standard installation (default - just press enter)
2) Customize installation
3) Cancel installation
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There are three options here:

• Option 1 (default): standard installation
• Option 2: custom installation, where you can choose the installation path, components, toolchain version, and more
• Option 3: cancel installation

For most people, Option 1 is enough (either type 1 and press Enter, or just press Enter directly).

If you see output like the following, Rust has been installed successfully:

info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
info: downloading component 'rustc'
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
info: installing component 'rust-std'
info: installing component 'rustc'
info: installing component 'rustfmt'
info: default toolchain set to 'stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'

  stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc installed - rustc 1.96.0 (ac68faa20 2026-05-25)

Rust is installed now. Great!

To get started you may need to restart your current shell.
This would reload its PATH environment variable to include
Cargo's bin directory (%USERPROFILE%\.cargo\bin).

Press the Enter key to continue.

The installer will prompt you to restart your shell. Press Enter and the program will exit, and Rust will be installed.

1.1.2 Rust Command-Line Operations

Rust commands on Windows can be run in Terminal (it comes with Windows 11; if you do not have it, search for Windows Terminal in the Microsoft Store and install it).

• Update Rust: rustup update
  Rust is a relatively new language and is updated very frequently, so it is recommended to run this from time to time to get the latest version.

• Uninstall Rust: rustup self uninstall

• Check the installation: rustc --version or rustc -V
  Output format: rustc x.y.z (xxxxxxxxx yyyy-mm-dd)

  • x.y.z indicates the version number
  • xxxxxxxxx indicates the hash of the current version
  • yyyy-mm-dd indicates the commit date of that version in that year

Example:

  $ rustc -V
  rustc 1.96.0 (ac68faa20 2026-05-25)

• Open the local Rust documentation manual: rustup doc

Development Tools

• Install the Rust plugin for VS Code
• VIM
• Helix
• RustRover
• ...