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cd alacritty
```
-3. Make sure you have the right Rust compiler installed. Alacritty is currently
- pinned to a certain Rust nightly, and the compiler/nightly dependencies are
- updated as needed. To install the correct compiler, run:
+3. Make sure you have the right Rust compiler installed. Alacritty requires nightly Rust. Run
```sh
+ rustup override set nightly
+ ```
+
+ If you run into problems, you can try a known-good version of the compiler by running
+
+ ```sh
rustup override set $(cat rustc-version)
```