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Update tutorial to reflect new ways to install Rust compiler, issue #13578 #14374

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The current tutorial says that the only way to get master is to build from source, which isn't true anymore - nightly binaries and an installer for Mac OS X are now available at the install page: http://www.rust-lang.org/install.html . Feedback very much welcome! Addresses issue #13578.

> the binary installer, the Windows build requires a MinGW installation,
> the precise details of which are not discussed here.

There is not an installer for Linux. To install the Rust compiler from the
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There is no

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"There is not an installer" is fine? (Although "there is no installer for linux" also works)

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Yes it’s fine, just think that no is more concise.

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I think "no" is more grammatically correct - will fix.

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Can you squash the commits?

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Whoops, apologies - saw the comment by @adrientetar and squashed my commits, but looks like it's already been somewhat resolved.

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It looks like a rebase may have gone awry here (a few merge commits have leaked in).

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So it would seem - I'll fix it up

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There, it's a little more sane now.

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The current tutorial says that the only way to get master is to build from source, which isn't true anymore - nightly binaries and an installer for Mac OS X are now available at the install page: http://www.rust-lang.org/install.html . Feedback very much welcome! Addresses issue #13578.
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@bors bors merged commit b3fb258 into rust-lang:master May 26, 2014
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