@@ -7,23 +7,25 @@ You’ll want to run this command to do it:
77./x dist
88```
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10- # Install distribution artifacts
10+ # Install from source
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12- If you’ve built a distribution artifact you might want to install it and
13- test that it works on your target system. You’ll want to run this command:
12+ You might want to prefer installing Rust (and tools configured in your configuration)
13+ by building from source. If so, you want to run this command:
1414
1515``` bash
1616./x install
1717```
1818
19- Note: If you are testing out a modification to a compiler, you
20- might want to use it to compile some project.
21- Usually, you do not want to use ` ./x install ` for testing.
22- Rather, you should create a toolchain as discussed in
23- [ here] [ create-rustup-toolchain ] .
19+ Note: If you are testing out a modification to a compiler, you might
20+ want to build the compiler (with ` ./x build ` ) then create a toolchain as
21+ discussed in [ here] [ create-rustup-toolchain ] .
2422
25- For example, if the toolchain you created is called foo, you
26- would then invoke it with ` rustc +foo ... ` (where ... represents
27- the rest of the arguments).
23+ For example, if the toolchain you created is called "foo", you would then
24+ invoke it with ` rustc +foo ... ` (where ... represents the rest of the arguments).
2825
29- [ create-rustup-toolchain ] : ./how-to-build-and-run.md#creating-a-rustup-toolchain
26+ Instead of installing Rust (and tools in your config file) globally, you can set ` DESTDIR `
27+ environment variable to change the installation path. If you want to set installation paths
28+ more dynamically, you should prefer [ install options] in your config file to achieve that.
29+
30+ [ create-rustup-toolchain ] : ./how-to-build-and-run.md#creating-a-rustup-toolchain
31+ [ install options ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/f7c8928f035370be33463bb7f1cd1aeca2c5f898/config.example.toml#L422-L442
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