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Installing Rust for unsum

Source: vignettes/install-rust.Rmd
install-rust.Rmd

To use unsum on your computer, you need to install the Rust toolchain, but don’t worry: this is more similar to installing R than, e.g., setting up Python. Here is how, depending on your operating system:

Windows

  1. Go to the Install Rust page, download rustup-init.exe (32-bit or 64-bit?), and run it on your PC. This will open a terminal.
  2. When given the choice between 1, 2, and 3, hit 1, then Enter again.
  3. Wait for Visual Studio to install. This can take a while.
  4. When finished, hit Enter in the terminal and close Visual Studio.
  5. When the Rust installation is finished, hit Enter to close the terminal.
  6. Open a new terminal (how to do that?), paste the command rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu into it using Ctrl+V, and hit Enter.

Mac

  1. Open a terminal (how to do that?).
  2. Go to the Install Rust page, copy the line that starts on curl, paste it into the terminal using Command+V, and hit Enter.
  3. When given the choice between 1, 2, and 3, hit 1, then Enter again.

Linux

  1. See instructions for Mac.
  2. Spot the differences by yourself. You know how to do this.