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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 1718185384..a725725235 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ .DS_Store _trial_temp/ +_trial_temp*/ logs/ dbs/ *.egg diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 9c0f9c09c8..5547f617ba 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if you prefer. In case of problems, please see the _`Troubleshooting` section below. -There is an offical synapse image available at +There is an offical synapse image available at https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/tags/ which can be used with the docker-compose file available at `contrib/docker <contrib/docker>`_. Further information on this including configuration options is available in the README on @@ -459,37 +459,13 @@ https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix- Windows Install --------------- -Synapse can be installed on Cygwin. It requires the following Cygwin packages: - -- gcc -- git -- libffi-devel -- openssl (and openssl-devel, python-openssl) -- python -- python-setuptools - -The content repository requires additional packages and will be unable to process -uploads without them: - -- libjpeg8 -- libjpeg8-devel -- zlib - -If you choose to install Synapse without these packages, you will need to reinstall -``pillow`` for changes to be applied, e.g. ``pip uninstall pillow`` ``pip install -pillow --user`` - -Troubleshooting: - -- You may need to upgrade ``setuptools`` to get this to work correctly: - ``pip install setuptools --upgrade``. -- You may encounter errors indicating that ``ffi.h`` is missing, even with - ``libffi-devel`` installed. If you do, copy the ``.h`` files: - ``cp /usr/lib/libffi-3.0.13/include/*.h /usr/include`` -- You may need to install libsodium from source in order to install PyNacl. If - you do, you may need to create a symlink to ``libsodium.a`` so ``ld`` can find - it: ``ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsodium.a /usr/lib/libsodium.a`` +If you wish to run or develop Synapse on Windows, the Windows Subsystem For +Linux provides a Linux environment on Windows 10 which is capable of using the +Debian, Fedora, or source installation methods. More information about WSL can +be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 for +Windows 10 and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server +for Windows Server. Troubleshooting =============== diff --git a/changelog.d/3873.misc b/changelog.d/3873.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8104b5c085 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/3873.misc @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Remove documentation regarding installation on Cygwin, the use of WSL is +recommended instead. |