I agree with all your points. Only diff is I got to the point where it said I needed "cargo", On a whim, I typed "aptitude install cargo", and it did something

I agree with all your points. Only diff is I got to the point where it said I needed "cargo", On a whim, I typed "aptitude install cargo", and it did something. Now waiting for the >1GB source repo to clone to see if it works.... ;)