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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ System requirements:
- Python 2.7
- At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org
-Synapse is written in python but some of the libraries is uses are written in
+Installing from source
+----------------------
+(Prebuilt packages are available for some platforms - see `Platform-Specific
+Instructions`_.)
+
+Synapse is written in python but some of the libraries it uses are written in
C. So before we can install synapse itself we need a working C compiler and the
header files for python C extensions.
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ See https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1977 and
https://developer.github.com/changes/2014-04-25-user-content-security for more details.
-Platform Specific Instructions
+Platform-Specific Instructions
==============================
Debian
@@ -789,6 +794,10 @@ Then update the `users` table in the database::
Synapse Development
===================
+Before setting up a development environment for synapse, make sure you have the
+system dependencies (such as the python header files) installed - see
+`Installing from source`_.
+
To check out a synapse for development, clone the git repo into a working
directory of your choice::
@@ -801,7 +810,7 @@ to install using pip and a virtualenv::
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs pip install
- pip install setuptools_trial mock
+ pip install lxml mock
This will run a process of downloading and installing all the needed
dependencies into a virtual env.
@@ -809,7 +818,7 @@ dependencies into a virtual env.
Once this is done, you may wish to run Synapse's unit tests, to
check that everything is installed as it should be::
- python setup.py test
+ PYTHONPATH="." trial tests
This should end with a 'PASSED' result::
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