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## Manual installation
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If you prefer you can directly download `rustup-init` for the platform of your
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You can manually download `rustup-init` for a given target from
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`https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/{target-triple}/rustup-init[.exe]`[^msvc].
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<details>
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<summary>Direct links</summary>
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- [aarch64-apple-darwin](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/aarch64-apple-darwin/rustup-init)
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- [sha256 file](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/aarch64-apple-darwin/rustup-init.sha256)
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- [x86_64-unknown-netbsd](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/x86_64-unknown-netbsd/rustup-init)
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- [sha256 file](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/x86_64-unknown-netbsd/rustup-init.sha256)
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</details>
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To get a previous version, use
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`https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/{rustup-version}/{target-triple}/rustup-init[.exe]`.
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SHA-256 checksums are also available by appending `.sha256` to the link.
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[^msvc]: MSVC builds of `rustup` additionally require an [installation of
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Visual Studio 2019 or the Visual C++ Build Tools 2019][vs]. For Visual
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Studio, make sure to check the "C++ tools" and "Windows 10 SDK" option. No
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[vs]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
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`https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/{rustup-version}/{target-triple}/rustup-init[.exe]`
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## Self-compiled installation
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To install `rustup` from source, check out the git repository from

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