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@@ -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+pip may be outdated (6.0.7-1 and needs to be upgraded to 6.0.8-1 )::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
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