How do I fix the Rust error "linker 'cc' not found" for Debian on Windows 10?

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Thane Plummer picture Thane Plummer · Sep 21, 2018 · Viewed 16.3k times · Source

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.

Answer

Thane Plummer picture Thane Plummer · Sep 21, 2018

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

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