How to fix pio remote agent start: error: can’t find Rust compiler

Problem:

When running pio remote agent start, while PlatformIO installs the Python packages, you see an error log like

```
  generating cffi module 'build/temp.linux-armv7l-3.7/_openssl.c'                                                                                                           
  creating build/temp.linux-armv7l-3.7                                                                                                                                      
  running build_rust                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                            
      =============================DEBUG ASSISTANCE=============================                                                                                            
      If you are seeing a compilation error please try the following steps to                                                                                               
      successfully install cryptography:                                                                                                                                    
      1) Upgrade to the latest pip and try again. This will fix errors for most                                                                                             
         users. See: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#upgrading-pip                                                                                                
      2) Read https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/ for specific                                                                                                  
         instructions for your platform.                                                                                                                                    
      3) Check our frequently asked questions for more information:                                                                                                         
         https://cryptography.io/en/latest/faq/                                                                                                                             
      4) Ensure you have a recent Rust toolchain installed:                                                                                                                 
         https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/#rust                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                            
      Python: 3.7.3                                                                                                                                                         
      platform: Linux-5.10.60-v7l+-armv7l-with-debian-10.10                                                                                                                 
      pip: n/a                                                                                                                                                              
      setuptools: 58.2.0                                                                                                                                                    
      setuptools_rust: 0.12.1                                                                                                                                               
      =============================DEBUG ASSISTANCE=============================                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                            
  error: can't find Rust compiler                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                            
  If you are using an outdated pip version, it is possible a prebuilt wheel is available for this package but pip is not able to install from it. Installing from the wheel would avoid the need for a Rust compiler.                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                            
  To update pip, run:                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                            
      pip install --upgrade pip                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                            
  and then retry package installation.                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                            
  If you did intend to build this package from source, try installing a Rust compiler from your system package manager and ensure it is on the PATH during installation. Alternatively, rustup (available at https://rustup.rs) is the recommended way to download and update the Rust compiler toolchain.                                              
                                                                                                                                                                            
  This package requires Rust >=1.41.0.                                                                                                                                      
  ----------------------------------------                                                                                                                                  
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for cryptography
Successfully built pyopenssl
Failed to build cryptography
ERROR: Could not build wheels for cryptography which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly
Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/platformio/package/manager/core.py", line 127, in inject_contrib_pysite                                       
    from OpenSSL import SSL                                                                                                                                                 
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/OpenSSL/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>                                                                              
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/OpenSSL/crypto.py", line 12, in <module>                                                                               
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/cryptography/x509/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>                                                                    
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/cryptography/x509/base.py", line 18, in <module>                                                                       
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/cryptography/x509/extensions.py", line 20, in <module>                                                                 
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/constant_time.py", line 11, in <module>                                                 
ImportError: /home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/_constant_time.abi3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory    

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:                                                                                                         

Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                                                          
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/platformio/__main__.py", line 115, in main                                                                    
    cli()  # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter                                                                                                                         
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in __call__                                                                        
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)                                                                                                                                       
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1062, in main                                                                            
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)                                                                                                                                                   
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/platformio/commands/__init__.py", line 44, in invoke                                                          
    return super(PlatformioCLI, self).invoke(ctx)                                                                                                                           
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1668, in invoke                                                                          
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))                                                                                                                 
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1665, in invoke                                                                          
    super().invoke(ctx)                                                                                                                                                     
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke                                                                          
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)                                                                                                                          
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 763, in invoke                                                                           
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)                                                                                                                                      
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 26, in new_func                                                                    
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)                                                                                                                        
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/platformio/commands/remote/command.py", line 40, in cli                                                       
    inject_contrib_pysite(verify_openssl=True)                                                                                                                              
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/platformio/package/manager/core.py", line 129, in inject_contrib_pysite                                       
    build_contrib_pysite_package(contrib_pysite_dir)                                                                                                                        
  File "/home/pi/.platformio/penv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/platformio/package/manager/core.py", line 156, in build_contrib_pysite_package
    subprocess.check_call(args + [dep])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 347, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/home/pi/.platformio/penv/bin/python', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--no-compile', '-t', '/home/pi/.platformio/packages/contrib-pysite', '--no-binary', ':all:', 'pyopenssl >= 16.0.0']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

============================================================

An unexpected error occurred. Further steps:

* Verify that you have the latest version of PlatformIO using
  `pip install -U platformio` command

* Try to find answer in FAQ Troubleshooting section
  https://docs.platformio.org/page/faq.html

* Report this problem to the developers
  https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues

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```

Solution

You need to install rust using

sudo apt -y install rustc

and then run the original command again:

pio remote agent start