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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 8459bcac2e..f5d2b0af38 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -133,6 +133,37 @@ failing, e.g.:: On OSX, if you encounter clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd' you will need to export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments. +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`` + Running Your Homeserver ======================= |