I am trying to install Rust via the command line on a Windows VM (https://github.com/sansyrox/robyn/pull/263). The script on the main Rust installation website only supports *nix os.
What are the commands to download and install Rust on a Windows VM?
Follow directions in Other ways to install rustup. Download rustup-init.exe based on the target toolchain of your choice:
You can use --help to see what options there are to configure the installation:
> .\rustup-init.exe --help
rustup-init 1.24.3 (ce5817a94 2021-05-31)
The installer for rustup
USAGE:
rustup-init.exe [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
FLAGS:
-v, --verbose Enable verbose output
-q, --quiet Disable progress output
-y Disable confirmation prompt.
--no-update-default-toolchain Don't update any existing default toolchain after install
--no-modify-path Don't configure the PATH environment variable
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--default-host <default-host> Choose a default host triple
--default-toolchain <default-toolchain> Choose a default toolchain to install
--profile <profile> [default: default] [possible values: minimal, default, complete]
-c, --component <components>... Component name to also install
-t, --target <targets>... Target name to also install
The basic -y should work for you; it will install rustup and the default toolchain. You can of course use wget to download the installer within a script.
> wget https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/rustup-init.exe
> .\rustup-init.exe -vy
Note, the MSVC toolchain will require you to install the Visual C++ Build Tools to function. I'm unsure how to install those in a CLI only environment. Hopefully the .exe for that functions similarly.
See also: