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| author | Maxim Baz <github@maximbaz.com> | 2017-08-12 21:49:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Joe Wilm <jwilm@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-08-12 12:49:57 -0700 |
| commit | 4e9b1c590e8b0990f5f43fa9d7c53a31a92840a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 256ad08468a537d0aed4684a3a904f79b9136b8f /README.md | |
| parent | 492d1bd3d56af94d4d1d05e17fb8a6acf354a170 (diff) | |
Move rust dependency to the Prerequisites section (#724)
* Move rust dependency to the Prerequisites section
* Remove reference to a specific compiler version
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ makepkg -isr ### Prerequisites -1. Install [`rustup.rs`](https://rustup.rs/). **DO NOT** use the Homebrew Rust - compiler on macOS (see FAQ for explanation). +1. Alacritty requires most recent stable Rust compiler. If your distribution provides it as a package (e.g. `rust` on Arch Linux), install it with the package manager. Alternatively see below on how to install it with `rustup`. + + Note: **DO NOT** use the Homebrew Rust compiler on macOS (see FAQ for explanation). + +#### Installing Rust compiler with `rustup` + +1. Install [`rustup.rs`](https://rustup.rs/). 2. Clone the source code: @@ -66,8 +71,7 @@ makepkg -isr cd alacritty ``` -3. Make sure you have the right Rust compiler installed. Alacritty requires at - least 1.18. Run +3. Make sure you have the right Rust compiler installed. Run ```sh rustup override set stable @@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ On Arch Linux, you need a few extra libraries to build Alacritty. Here's a to be missing, please open an issue. ```sh -pacman -S cmake freetype2 fontconfig pkg-config make xclip rust +pacman -S cmake freetype2 fontconfig pkg-config make xclip ``` #### Fedora |