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You should then be able to run the rust compiler as `rustc` directly
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On Windows Rust additionally requires [MinGW][mingw] (version
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20110802 is known to work). It is currently recommended that windows
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development be done under the MinGW shell to ensure that the
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environment is configured correctly.
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We hope to be distributing binary packages for various other operating
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systems at some point in the future, but at the moment only windows
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binary installers are being made. Other operating systems must build
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[installer]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.1-install.exe
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[tarball]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.1.tar.gz
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[mingw]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-inst/mingw-get-inst-20110802/mingw-get-inst-20110802.exe/download
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## Compiling your first program
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