docs: Emphasize that Rust must be installed via rustup (#24447)

Wilhelm Klopp created 11 months ago

Just tried installing a dev extension and kept getting "error: failed to install dev extension".

Turns out this was because I had rust installed via homebrew and not rust. Once I switched to rustup, it worked perfectly fine.

Release Notes:

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Change summary

docs/src/extensions/developing-extensions.md | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Detailed changes

docs/src/extensions/developing-extensions.md

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Extensions can add the following capabilities to Zed:
 
 Before starting to develop an extension for Zed, be sure to [install Rust via rustup](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).
 
+> Rust must be installed via rustup. If you have Rust installed via homebrew or otherwise, installing dev extensions will not work.
+
 When developing an extension, you can use it in Zed without needing to publish it by installing it as a _dev extension_.
 
 From the extensions page, click the `Install Dev Extension` button and select the directory containing your extension.