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MSVC prerequisites

To compile programs into an exe file, Rust requires a linker, libraries and Windows API import libraries. For msvc targets these can be acquired through Visual Studio.

Automatic install

If you don't have Visual Studio already installed then the rustup-init.exe installer will offer to automatically install the prerequisites.

Manual install

If you chose the automatic install this winget command will run in the background:

winget install --id Microsoft.VisualStudio.BuildTools --force --interactive  --custom "--focusedUi --addProductLang En-us --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100"

But you could download the Microsoft Build Tools for Visual Studio Installer yourself and do the same steps manually.

The installer will start by linking to the Build Tools license and will install the "Visual Studio Installer", a tool to manage Visual Studio components.

Accept the license

Then you need to install the "Individual components":

  • MSVC Build Tools for x64/x86 (Latest)
  • Windows 11 SDK (10.0.26100.XXXX)

And the "Language pack":

  • English

Once finished, you can continue on to installing Rust and the installer should detect MSVC.