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Simplify README by not talking about the source tarball option
I believe that few enough people build from source tarballs that we don't have to talk about it explicitly.
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* `curl`
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* `git`
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2. Download and build Rust:
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You can either download a [tarball] or build directly from the [repo].
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To build from the [tarball] do:
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$ curl -O https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz
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$ tar -xzf rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz
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$ cd rustc-nightly
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Or to build from the [repo] do:
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2. Clone the [source] with git:
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$ git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git
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$ cd rust
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Now that you have Rust's source code, you can configure and build it:
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[source]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
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3. Build and install:
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$ ./configure
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$ make && make install
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$ ./configure
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$ make && make install
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[repo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
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[tarball]: https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz
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## Notes
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Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a

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