Install Rust

Solana programs are primarily written in the Rust. This guide will focus on setting up Rust.

Rust's recommended installation method is Rustup, which manages Rust versions and associated tools.

To install Rust, run the following command in your terminal:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y

This command downloads and installs Rust along with rustup. Once the installation is complete, verify that Rust has been installed correctly by checking the version:

rustc --version

You should see output similar to the following:

rustc 1.81.0 (eeb90cda1 2024-09-04)

At this point, Rust is successfully installed.