1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index e7b429c05d..9b7360f0ef 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ that your email address is probably `user@example.com` rather than
System requirements:
- POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X)
-- Python 3.5, 3.6, or 3.7
+- Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8.
- 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 it uses are written in
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ sudo yum install libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel libzip-devel freetype-devel \
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
```
-#### Mac OS X
+#### macOS
-Installing prerequisites on Mac OS X:
+Installing prerequisites on macOS:
```
xcode-select --install
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ sudo pip install virtualenv
brew install pkg-config libffi
```
+On macOS Catalina (10.15) you may need to explicitly install OpenSSL
+via brew and inform `pip` about it so that `psycopg2` builds:
+
+```
+brew install openssl@1.1
+export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar/openssl\@1.1/1.1.1d/lib/
+```
+
#### OpenSUSE
Installing prerequisites on openSUSE:
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