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| author | Erik Johnston <erik@matrix.org> | 2015-09-14 18:05:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Erik Johnston <erik@matrix.org> | 2015-09-14 18:05:31 +0100 |
| commit | d59acb8c5b7ff74b0045b1e4df0c79ce6f645004 (patch) | |
| tree | b7427c8e6cf1d48cab0341fbcbda307707e75338 /README.rst | |
| parent | Also check the domains for membership state_keys (diff) | |
| parent | Merge pull request #265 from matrix-org/erikj/check_room_exists (diff) | |
| download | synapse-d59acb8c5b7ff74b0045b1e4df0c79ce6f645004.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into erikj/unfederatable
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index d8d179135b..6c8431aa86 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Synapse is the reference python/twisted Matrix homeserver implementation. System requirements: - POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X) - Python 2.7 +- At least 512 MB RAM. Synapse is written in python but some of the libraries is uses are written in C. So before we can install synapse itself we need a working C compiler and the @@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ To install the synapse homeserver run:: virtualenv -p python2.7 ~/.synapse source ~/.synapse/bin/activate + pip install --upgrade setuptools pip install --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master This installs synapse, along with the libraries it uses, into a virtual @@ -284,6 +286,11 @@ may need to manually upgrade it:: sudo pip install --upgrade pip +Installing may fail with ``mock requires setuptools>=17.1. Aborting installation``. +You can fix this by upgrading setuptools:: + + pip install --upgrade setuptools + If pip crashes mid-installation for reason (e.g. lost terminal), pip may refuse to run until you remove the temporary installation directory it created. To reset the installation:: |