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auto merge of #14374 : swgillespie/rust/swgillespie-tutorial, r=alexcrichton

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The current tutorial says that the only way to get master is to build from source, which isn't true anymore - nightly binaries and an installer for Mac OS X are now available at the install page: http://www.rust-lang.org/install.html . Feedback very much welcome! Addresses issue #13578.
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@ -57,13 +57,24 @@ they don't contain references to names that aren't actually defined.
# Getting started
> *Warning:* The tarball and installer links are for the most recent
> release, not master. To use master, you **must** build from [git].
There are two ways to install the Rust compiler: by building from source or
by downloading prebuilt binaries or installers for your platform. The
[install page][rust-install] contains links to download binaries for both
the nightly build and the most current Rust major release. For Windows and
OS X, the install page provides links to native installers.
The Rust compiler currently must be built from a [tarball] or [git], unless
you are on Windows, in which case using the [installer][win-exe] is
recommended. There is a list of community-maintained nightly builds and
packages [on the wiki][wiki-packages].
> *Note:* Windows users should read the detailed
> [Getting started][wiki-start] notes on the wiki. Even when using
> the binary installer, the Windows build requires a MinGW installation,
> the precise details of which are not discussed here.
For Linux and OS X, the install page provides links to binary tarballs.
To install the Rust compiler from the from a binary tarball, download
the binary package, extract it, and execute the `install.sh` script in
the root directory of the package.
To build the Rust compiler from source, you will need to obtain the source through
[Git][git] or by downloading the source package from the [install page][rust-install].
Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by
a precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state
@ -79,13 +90,9 @@ Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
You may find that other platforms work, but these are our "tier 1"
supported build environments that are most likely to work.
> *Note:* Windows users should read the detailed
> [Getting started][wiki-start] notes on the wiki. Even when using
> the binary installer, the Windows build requires a MinGW installation,
> the precise details of which are not discussed here.
[wiki-start]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
[git]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust.git
[rust-install]: http://www.rust-lang.org/install.html
To build from source you will also need the following prerequisite
packages: