The following command will install 3 new applications onto your system
  • rustup: A tool for managing your rust installation
  • cargo: A tool for managing your rust project
  • rustc: The actual rust compiler

Install

$ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
This will probably take a little while, once it is done you can now confirm everything is working by running the following

Check Versions

$ rustup -V
rustup 1.11.0 (e751ff9f8 2018-02-13)
$ cargo -V
cargo 0.26.0 (41480f5cc 2018-02-26)
$ rustc -V
rustc 1.25.0 (84203cac6 2018-03-25)
A new rustc is published every 6 weeks and this tool makes it super easy to keep everything in sync.