Hum... Good thing you got a distribution package, and not a development one. From your comment, I expect you to have no idea what to do if you get a development package, as `configure` isn't even there.

You just said that half of the procedure is simple enough. And then, I don't get your claim that nothing is comparable. For example, how is `cargo install` more complex than that? Or less discoverable?

(Oh, and notice that there is no distinction between distribution and development packages for any other system, it's autotools only. Also, you may say "cargo is Rust-only", what is true, but autotools are C-only while pretending all over the docs that they are cross language.)