Common "How to install" web page

[Yamakaky]

It could be interesting to have a page for end users about how to install Rust. They don't want to learn Rust, they just want to install it fast and easy. This page would have download links for stable and nightly (I don't think beta is necessary for this use case), a few words about the difference, and basic cargo usage examples. It could be pointed to in all the README of the projects using Rust.

[steveklabnik]

Isn't this http://rust-lang.org/install.html, linked from the home page?

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Yamakaky notifications@github.com wrote:

It could be interesting to have a page for end users about how to install
Rust. They don't want to learn Rust, they just want to install it fast and
easy. This page would have download links for stable and nightly (I don't
think beta is necessary for this use case), a few words about the
difference, and basic cargo usage examples. It could be pointed to in all
the README of the projects using Rust.

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[Yamakaky]

It's a start, but it could add some basic cargo commands. The basic idea is to have one page where end users could have all the info they need to build and run a standard Rust project.
BTW, http://rust-lang.org/install.html could be improved by having multiple selectors like "choose channel", "choose OS" (including windows abi and src download), "32-64bits", instead of like 10 buttons per channel. And default to the detected system configuration.

[brson]

I am about to redesign the install page, and will try to take this into account. Installing via rustup.rs should be easier, but also using rustup.rs effectively requires more context.

[Yamakaky]

Cool

[brson]

Here's the PR for the new install page #621