rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-forge
Mention the need for the msvc toolchain on windows in "Other Installation Methods"
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Description
... or link to the page in the rustup book.
rustup-init.exe failed to install the toolchain for somebody (possibly user error). it was really annoying finding the manual installation link from a non-windows machine - had to fake a windows user agent to have it show up on www.rust-lang.org/tools/install.
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Start by locating the “Other Installation Methods” documentation in rust-forge and compare it with the rustup book page linked in the issue. Update the relevant installation guidance to mention the MSVC toolchain on Windows and make the manual installation path discoverable; verify the rendered documentation includes this information.
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- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100