.tar.gz dist files require running `install.sh` before they can be used
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Deleted user commented
If I download Rust using:
x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.tar.gz
from here:
https://forge.rust-lang.org/other-installation-methods#standalone-installers
it seems the compiler cant actually compile anything:
$ cat aaaaa.rs
fn main() {
println!("bbbbb ccccc");
}
$ rustc aaaaa.rs
error[E0463]: can't find crate for `std`
Deleted user commented
I have solved this. Obviously the MSI files here:
https://forge.rust-lang.org/other-installation-methods#standalone-installers
are installers. However the TAR.GZ files are also installers. So to work with
the TAR.GZ, you need to do this:
./install.sh --verbose --prefix=/tmp \
--components=rustc,rust-mingw,rust-std-x86_64-pc-windows-gnuor alternatively this:
cp -r -s "$PWD"/rust-std-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/lib rustc
cp -r -s "$PWD"/rust-mingw/lib rustcI disagree with the decision to make the TAR.GZ archives require installation:
the whole point distributing an archive over an installer is so that users can
extract and go.