From feebc1bf05a7bdff599149adb37c08036bfaebcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julia Evans Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:03:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to nightly builds in first paragraph of Getting Started --- doc/tutorial.md | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md index c82f99772c9d3..bd41813dad6fc 100644 --- a/doc/tutorial.md +++ b/doc/tutorial.md @@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ they don't contain references to names that aren't actually defined. # Getting started -The Rust compiler currently must be built from a [tarball], unless you -are on Windows, in which case using the [installer][win-exe] is -recommended. +There are [nightly builds] available for some Linux distributions. +Otherwise, the Rust compiler currently must be built from a [tarball]. +See the wiki for [build instructions]. There is a [Windows installer] +for Rust 0.8, but it is not supported. Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state @@ -116,7 +117,10 @@ When complete, `make install` will place several programs into API-documentation tool; and `rustpkg`, the Rust package manager. [tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8.tar.gz -[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8-install.exe +[Windows installer]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8-install.exe +[build instructions]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust +[nightly builds]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-packages,-editors,-and-other-tools + ## Compiling your first program