diff --git a/packages/rust/1.56.1/build.sh b/packages/rust/1.56.1/build.sh
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+++ b/packages/rust/1.56.1/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+curl -OL "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-1.56.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+tar xzvf rust-1.56.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+rm rust-1.56.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/rust/1.56.1/compile b/packages/rust/1.56.1/compile
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+++ b/packages/rust/1.56.1/compile
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38041331/rust-compiler-cant-find-crate-for-std
+# Rust compiler needs to find the stdlib to link against
+rustc -o binary -L ${RUST_INSTALL_LOC}/rustc/lib -L ${RUST_INSTALL_LOC}/rust-std-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib "$@"
+chmod +x binary
diff --git a/packages/rust/1.56.1/environment b/packages/rust/1.56.1/environment
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+++ b/packages/rust/1.56.1/environment
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Put 'export' statements here for environment variables
+export PATH=$PWD/rust-1.56.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/:$PATH
+export RUST_INSTALL_LOC=$PWD/rust-1.56.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
diff --git a/packages/rust/1.56.1/metadata.json b/packages/rust/1.56.1/metadata.json
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+++ b/packages/rust/1.56.1/metadata.json
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+{
+    "language": "rust",
+    "version": "1.56.1",
+    "aliases": [
+        "rs"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/rust/1.56.1/run b/packages/rust/1.56.1/run
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+++ b/packages/rust/1.56.1/run
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+shift
+./binary "$@"
diff --git a/packages/rust/1.56.1/test.rs b/packages/rust/1.56.1/test.rs
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+++ b/packages/rust/1.56.1/test.rs
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+fn main() {
+    println!("OK");
+}