CODEWITHSUNDEEP
rust
user17911
user17911

Reputation: 1331

Does a user of a rust program on Windows still require to have Visual Studio C++ Build tools installed?

I plan to develop several programs using Rust programming language which will be deployed on the computer of several colleagues using Windows 10 (64 bits). According to what I understand by reading the online installation guide, in order to install Rust develoment environment on Windows, the installation of Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Build tools is a prerequisite.

My question is: Once a program has been compiled and the executable has been created and deployed on the computer of my colleagues, do they also need to have Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Build tools installed on their computers in order to be able to use these programs or this is just a prerequisite for develoment?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1948

Answers (1)

Masklinn
Masklinn

Reputation: 42217

The build tools should not be necessary on the target machine, but that machine probably needs the redistributable C++ runtime unless you force statically linking the CRT.

Upvotes: 4

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