Simplify README by not talking about the source tarball option

I believe that few enough people build from source tarballs that
we don't have to talk about it explicitly.
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* `curl`
* `git`
2. Download and build Rust:
You can either download a [tarball] or build directly from the [repo].
To build from the [tarball] do:
$ curl -O https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz
$ cd rustc-nightly
Or to build from the [repo] do:
2. Clone the [source] with git:
$ git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git
$ cd rust
Now that you have Rust's source code, you can configure and build it:
[source]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
3. Build and install:
$ ./configure
$ make && make install
@ -72,9 +64,6 @@ $ pacman -S base-devel
$ ./configure
$ make && make install
[repo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
[tarball]: https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz
## Notes
Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a

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