I'm running Debian on Windows 10 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and installed Rust using the command:
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
There were no errors in the install, but when I tried to compile with rustc I got the error linker 'cc' not found.
The Linux Rust installer doesn't check for a compiler toolchain, but seems to assume that you've already got a C linker installed! The best solution is to install the tried-and-true gcc toolchain.
sudo apt install build-essential
If you need to target another architecture, install the appropriate toolchain and target the compilation as follows:
rustc --target=my_target_architecture -C linker=target_toolchain_linker my_rustfile.rs
Solution for CentOS:
yum -y install gcc
Solution for Solus:
sudo eopkg it -c system.devel
Please do an "Update and Upgrade" before installing setup tools.
You have to install some dependencies
for Arch Linux sudo pacman -S base-devel
for Ubuntu sudo apt install build-essential
for Centos sudo yum install gcc
I ran the following 2 commands and it worked.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install build-essential