Install RustRover

Last modified: 08 April 2024

RustRover is a cross-platform IDE that provides consistent experience on the Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.

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RustRover is being actively developed and is now in the public preview state. During this state, RustRover is free to use. You can get the IDE via direct download or by installing it from the Tools list in the Toolbox App.

System requirements

Requirement

Minimum

Recommended

RAM

2 GB of free RAM

8 GB of total system RAM

CPU

Any modern CPU

Multi-core CPU. RustRover supports multithreading for different operations and processes making it faster the more CPU cores it can use.

Disk space

3.5 GB

SSD drive with at least 5 GB of free space

Monitor resolution

1024×768

1920×1080

Operating system

Officially released 64-bit versions of the following:

  • Microsoft Windows 10 1809 or later

    Windows Server 2019 or later

  • macOS 12.0 or later

  • Any Debian- Arch-, or RPM-based Linux distribution that supports Gnome, KDE, or Unity DE and includes GLIBC 2.29 or later

Pre-release versions are not supported.

Latest 64-bit version of Windows, macOS, or Linux (for example, Debian, Ubuntu, or RHEL)

You do not need to install Java to run RustRover because JetBrains Runtime is bundled with the IDE (based on JRE 17).

Install using the Toolbox App

The JetBrains Toolbox App is the recommended tool to install JetBrains products. Use it to install and manage different products or several versions of the same product, including Early Access Program (EAP) and Nightly releases, update and roll back when necessary, and easily remove any tool. The Toolbox App maintains a list of all your projects to quickly open any project in the right IDE and version.

Install the Toolbox App

  1. Download the installer .exe from the Toolbox App web page.

  2. Run the installer and follow the wizard steps.

  3. After you run the Toolbox App, click its icon Toolbox App icon in the notification area and select which product you want to install.

    To install a specific version, click and select Available versions.

RustRover in the Toolbox App

Log in to your JetBrains Account from the Toolbox App, and it will automatically activate the available licenses for any IDE that you install.

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If you installed RustRover via the Toolbox App, you can find the installation directory in the app: open the settings of the IDE instance in the Toolbox App, expand Configuration, and look for the Install location field.

Standalone installation

You can install RustRover manually and have the option to manage the location of every instance and all the configuration files. This is useful, for example, if you have a policy that requires specific install locations.

  1. Download the installer .exe.

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    There is a separate installer for ARM64 processors.

  2. Run the installer and follow the wizard steps.

    On the Installation Options step, you can configure the following:

    • Create a desktop shortcut for launching RustRover.

    • Add the directory with RustRover command-line launchers to the PATH environment variable to be able to run them from any working directory in the Command Prompt.

    • Add the Open Folder as Project action to the system context menu (when you right-click a folder).

    • Associate specific file extensions with RustRover to open them with a double click.

To run RustRover, find it in the Windows Start menu or use the desktop shortcut. You can also run the launcher batch script or executable in the installation directory under bin.

When you run RustRover for the first time, you can take several steps to complete the installation, customize your instance, and start working with the IDE.

For more information, refer to Run RustRover for the first time.

Silent installation on Windows

Silent installation is performed without any user interface. It can be used by network administrators to install RustRover on a number of machines and avoid interrupting other users.

To perform silent install, run the installer with the following switches:

  • /S: Enable silent install

  • /CONFIG: Specify the path to the silent configuration file

  • /D: Specify the path to the installation directory

    This parameter must be the last in the command line, and it should not contain any quotes even if the path contains blank spaces.

For example:

>
rustrover.exe /S /CONFIG=d:\temp\silent.config /D=d:\IDE\RustRover

To check for issues during the installation process, add the /LOG switch with the log file path and name between the /S and /D parameters. The installer will generate the specified log file. For example:

rustrover.exe /S /CONFIG=d:\temp\silent.config /LOG=d:\JetBrains\RustRover\install.log /D=d:\IDE\RustRover

Silent configuration file

You can download the default silent configuration file for RustRover at https://download.jetbrains.com/rust/silent.config

The silent configuration file defines the options for installing RustRover. With the default options, silent installation is performed only for the current user: mode=user. If you want to install RustRover for all users, change the value of the installation mode option to mode=admin and run the installer as an administrator.

The default silent configuration file is unique for each JetBrains product. You can modify it to enable or disable various installation options as necessary.

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It is possible to perform silent installation without the configuration file. In this case, omit the /CONFIG switch and run the installer as an administrator. Without the silent configuration file, the installer will ignore all additional options: it will not create desktop shortcuts, add associations, or update the PATH variable. However, it will still create a shortcut in the Start menu under JetBrains.

Install as a snap package on Linux

You can install RustRover as a self-contained snap package. Since snaps update automatically, your RustRover installation will always be up-to-date.

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To use snaps, install and run the snapd service as described in the snapd installation guide.

On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and later, this service is pre-installed.

To install the latest EAP build of RustRover, run the following command:

$
sudo snap install rustrover --edge --classic

When the snap is installed, you can launch it by running the rustrover command.

To list all installed snaps, you can run sudo snap list. For more information about other snap commands, refer to the Snapcraft documentation.