Installation

Install Rust via rustup, the official toolchain manager that handles Rust versions, targets, and associated tools.

Install rustup

Unix/macOS:

$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Windows: Download and run the installer from https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

The installer includes:

rustc (compiler)
cargo (package manager/build system)
rustfmt (code formatter)
clippy (linter)
Local documentation

Dependencies

macOS:

$ xcode-select --install

Ubuntu/Debian:

$ sudo apt install build-essential

Windows: Visual Studio Build Tools or Visual Studio with C++ development tools.

Verification

$ rustc --version
$ cargo --version

Management Commands

$ rustup update              # Update to latest stable
$ rustup self uninstall      # Remove rustup and Rust
$ rustup doc                 # Open local documentation

IDE Setup

Recommended: VS Code with rust-analyzer extension (provides LSP features comparable to TypeScript’s language server).

Offline Development

For projects requiring external dependencies:

$ cargo new get-dependencies
$ cd get-dependencies
$ cargo add rand@0.8.5 trpl@0.2.0

Use --offline flag with cargo commands to use cached dependencies.