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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index e1fa4d75ff..5eebe5b721 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu or Debian:: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential python2.7-dev libffi-dev \ python-pip python-setuptools sqlite3 \ libssl-dev python-virtualenv libjpeg-dev + +Installing prerequisites on ArchLinux:: + + $ sudo pacman -S base-devel python2 python-pip \ + python-setuptools python-virtualenv sqlite3 Installing prerequisites on Mac OS X:: @@ -148,6 +153,39 @@ failing, e.g.:: On OSX, if you encounter clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd' you will need to export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments. +ArchLinux +--------- + +Installation on ArchLinux may encounter a few hiccups as Arch defaults to +python 3, but synapse currently assumes python 2.7 by default. + +pip may be outdated (6.0.7-1 and needs to be upgraded to 6.0.8-1 ):: + + $ sudo pip2.7 install --upgrade pip + +You also may need to explicitly specify python 2.7 again during the install +request:: + + $ pip2.7 install --process-dependency-links \ + https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master + +If you encounter an error with lib bcrypt causing an Wrong ELF Class: +ELFCLASS32 (x64 Systems), you may need to reinstall py-bcrypt to correctly +compile it under the right architecture. (This should not be needed if +installing under virtualenv):: + + $ sudo pip2.7 uninstall py-bcrypt + $ sudo pip2.7 install py-bcrypt + +During setup of homeserver you need to call python2.7 directly again:: + + $ python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver \ + --server-name machine.my.domain.name \ + --config-path homeserver.yaml \ + --generate-config + +...substituting your host and domain name as appropriate. + Windows Install --------------- Synapse can be installed on Cygwin. It requires the following Cygwin packages: @@ -207,6 +245,14 @@ fix try re-installing from PyPI or directly from $ # Install from github $ pip install --user https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/tarball/master +ArchLinux +--------- + +If running `$ synctl start` fails wit 'returned non-zero exit status 1', you will need to explicitly call Python2.7 - either running as:: + + $ python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --daemonize -c homeserver.yaml --pid-file homeserver.pid + +...or by editing synctl with the correct python executable. Homeserver Development ====================== |